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Webster 1913 Edition
Anthozoa
‖
Anˊtho-zo′a
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἄνθοσ
flower + [GREEK] animal.] (Zool.)
The class of the Cœlenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are
Acyonaria
, Actinaria
, and Madreporaria
. Definition 2025
Anthozoa
Anthozoa
Translingual

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum, a species of Anthozoa
Proper noun
Anthozoa
- the corals, sea pens and sea anemones:
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- (class in Cnidaria): Alcyonaria, Octocorallia, Hexacorallia - subclasses
- (subphylum): Anthozoa - class
- (class in Anthozoa): Hexacorallia (Actiniaria, Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, Corallimorpharia, Scleractinia, Zoantharia - orders), Octocorallia (Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, Pennatulacea - orders) - subclasses
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521