Telestacea

Telestacea

[‚tel·ə′stā·shē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
An order of the subclass Alcyonaria comprising of individuals which form erect branching colonies by lateral budding from the body wall of an elongated axial polyp.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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