About The Word Gorgoniacea
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Gorgoniacea
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What's The Definition Of Gorgoniacea?
[n] red corals and sea fans
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gorgoniacea: Gorgonacea | suborder Gorgonacea | suborder Gorgoniacea Related Terms | Find terms related to Gorgoniacea: See Also | Alcyonaria | animal order | gorgonian | gorgonian coral | order Alcyonaria Gorgoniacea In Webster's Dictionary \Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Gorgonia}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those
forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered
with a porous crust, or c[oe]nenchyma, in which the polyp
cells are situated.
Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and
stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red
coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny
and stony joints, as in Isis. See {Alcyonaria},
{Anthozoa}, {C[oe]nenchyma}.
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