scyphistoma

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English

a fully developed scyphistoma of Rhizostoma luteum (st-stalk, h-hypostome, c-calyx)

adult Rhizostoma luteum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saɪˈfɪstəmə/

Noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

(zoology) An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.

References

scyphistoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“scyphistoma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“scyphistoma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Rhizostoma luteum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (images of 7 stages of development of the species including scyphistoma stages)

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