Anthozoan
any marine coelenterate of the class Anthozoa, comprising colonial and solitary polyps and including corals, sea anemones, sea pens, etc.
Also, anthozoic. belonging or pertaining to the anthozoans.
Historical Examples
In Allopora the cyclostems resemble the calyces of anthozoan corals.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2 Various
noun
any of the solitary or colonial sessile marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, including the corals, sea anemones, and sea pens, in which the body is in the form of a polyp
adjective
Also actinozoan. of or relating to the class Anthozoa
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