malos
plural of malo

meandrina
Any of the genus Meandrina of corals with meandering grooves and ridges.

meandrinas
plural of meandrina

medusa
A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
Synonym of worm-star.

medusae
plural of medusa

medusas
plural of medusa

microplasma
A gas discharge of small dimensions ranging from micrometers to millimeters, used in various medical and industrial applications.

microplasmas
plural of microplasma

moon jelly
A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.

moon jellyfish
Synonym of moon jelly

muscatoria
plural of muscatorium

muscatorium
Synonym of flabellum (“fan used in religious ceremonies”).

naoi
plural of naos

naos
The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to.

naoses
plural of naos

naosoi
plural of naos

obelia
Any of various colonial marine hydroids of the genus Obelia.

obelias
plural of obelia

octocoral
An anthozoan of the subclass Alcyonaria, having eight-branched tentacles and eight septa.

octocorals
plural of octocoral

odontotheca
The capsule or follicle of a tooth

odontothecas
plural of odontotheca

parazoanthid
Any zoanthid of the family Parazoanthidae.

parazoanthids
plural of parazoanthid

pelagiid
Any jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae

pelagiids
plural of pelagiid

pennatula
Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.

pennatulae
plural of pennatula

pennatulas
plural of pennatula

petasi
plural of petasus

petasoi
plural of petasos

petasos
Alternative form of petasus.

petasus
A broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans, especially for travelling, and as often pictured to be worn by Hermes (or Mercury); (later also) the brimless winged cap worn by Hermes in later artistic depictions.

petronella
A traditional Scottish country dance.

petronellas
plural of petronella

physalia
Any organism of the genus Physalia.

physalias
plural of physalia

pink meanie
A large jelly (Drymonema larsoni) that preys on smaller jellies.

plumularia
A plume hydroid; any hydrozoan belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumulariidae, generally growing in plume-like forms.

plumulariae
plural of plumularia

plumularias
plural of plumularia

polyparia
plural of polyparium

polyparium
The stem, or supporting structure, of any colonial cnidarian such as coral.

polypary
polyparium

polypodia
plural of polypodium

polypodium
Synonym of polypody: any fern of the genus Polypodium.

polypodiums
plural of polypodium

porites
plural of porite

porpita
A marine organism, Porpita porpita, the blue button.

porpitas
plural of porpita

praya
A promenade or drive located beside the seashore in Hong Kong.

prayas
plural of praya

precious coral
Any marine coral in the genus Corallium, commonly harvested for use in the production of jewelry.

pseudoaxes
plural of pseudoaxis

pseudoaxis
A sympodium.
A pseudosymmetric axis.

rami
plural of ramus

ramus
A small spray or twig.
A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.
The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.
A bony projection, particularly of the jaw, but also in the groin area, both subject to the maturing process of symphysis.

rasp coral
Pocillopora verrucosa, a stony coral.

red coral
Any of species Corallium rubrum of coral, of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.

renilla
Any sea pansy of the genus Renilla.

renillas
plural of renilla

rhizostomatid
Any true jellyfish of the family Rhizostomatidae.

rhizostome
Any member of the Rhizostomata, certain discomedusan jellyfish.

rhizostomes
plural of rhizostome

rosacea
A chronic condition characterized by redness of the face.

rosaceas
plural of rosacea

rotalites
plural of rotalite

scandia
scandium oxide

scleractinians
plural of scleractinian

scyphistoma
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.

scyphistomae
plural of scyphistoma

scyphistomas
plural of scyphistoma

scyphistomata
plural of scyphistoma

scyphozoa
plural of scyphozoan

scyphozoans
plural of scyphozoan

sea anemone
Any polyp, of the order Actiniaria, which occurs in marine and estuarine habitats, and which captures its food using tentacles.

sea anemones
plural of sea anemone

sea blubber
A jellyfish; a medusa.
A lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata).

sea fan
Any gorgonian (in order Alcyonacea) which branches in a fan-like form, especially of species Gorgonia ventalina (common sea fan, purple sea fan) and Gorgonia flabellum (Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan) of Florida and the West Indies.

sea fir
A sertularian hydroid, especially Abietinaria abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

sea ginger
Millepora alcicornis, a hydrocoral with a calcareous skeleton.

sea nettle
A jellyfish of the genus Chrysaora.
Any jellyfish

sea nettles
plural of sea nettle

sea onion
A sea squill (Drimia maritima), a plant native to Mediterranean and adjoining coasts.
A spring squill (Scilla verna), a plant of Atlantic Europe.

sea pansy
Renilla reniformis, a colonial cnidarian of the family Renillidae.

sea pen
A colonial marine cnidarian of the order Pennatulacea.

sea pens
plural of sea pen

sea rod
A kind of sea pen with the polyps borne on short pinnae.

sea rush
A rush of the genus Juncus: a waterside plant with slender stem-like pith-filled leaves that grows on coastlines.

sea spleenwort
The fern Asplenium marinum.
The hydroid Thuiaria articulata.

sea strawberry
A soft coral of species Gersemia rubiformis (syn. Alcyonium rubiforme) in the family Nephtheidae, found in the northwest Atlantic.
A colonial sea squirt of species Aplidium elegans, a benthic tunicate in the family Polyclinidae.

sea wasp
Any of several marine stinging box jellyfish found in north east Australia and South East Asia, some deadly, especially Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi, and Malo kingi.

sea wasps
plural of sea wasp

sea whip
A coral of order Alcyonacea

siphonophores
plural of siphonophore

soft coral
Any of the order Alcyonacea of corals that do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons.

staghorn coral
A stony coral (Acropora cervicornis), with cylindrical branches.

stalked jellyfish
Any jellyfish of order Stauromedusae

starlet sea anemone
Nematostella vectensis, a small sea anemone in the family Edwardsiidae, native to the east coast of the United States.

stauromedusae
plural of stauromedusa

stony coral
A scleractinian coral.

stony corals
plural of stony coral

stragula
plural of stragulum

stragulum
The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
The palea of grasses.

stylaster
Any of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.

stylasters
plural of stylaster

stylobates
plural of stylobate

sympode
Archaic form of sympodium.

sympodes
plural of sympode

sympodia
plural of sympodium

sympodium
A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.

tabularia
plural of tabularium

thecia
plural of thecium

trabeculites
plural of trabeculitis

tree anemone
Synonym of hell's fire anemone.
A plant of species Carpenteria californica

tulpa
A magical creature that attains corporeal reality, having been originally merely imaginary.
A type of thought-form regarded as capable of independent action, with a persistent personality and identity; a kind of modern imaginary friend.

tulpae
plural of tulpa

tulpas
plural of tulpa

umbellula
Alternative form of umbellule.

umbellulae
plural of umbellula