acraspeda

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noun

A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish

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Meanings

nounacraspeda pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlybiologyA group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish

    It may be that the pelagic habit of the acraspeda is secondary, and while the polyps, the craspedota and the acraspeda have unquestionably had a common starting point in a free pelagic ancestor, it is quite possible that […]

    1893, William Keith Brooks, Salpa in Its Relation to the Evolution of Life, page 202
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