anthozoon

English

Etymology

From antho- +‎ -zoon, after class name Anthozoa.

Noun

anthozoon (plural anthozoa)

1. (zoology) A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 134:

     Unlike stony corals and other anthozoa, whose polyps have sixfold symmetry, the polyps of a gorgonian have eightfold symmetry.