Tu`bu*la"ri*an (?), n. (Zool.) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.

&fist; These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust. under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.

Tu`bu*la"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tubularians.

Tu`bu*la"ri*an (?), n. (Zool.) Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.

&fist; These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes, and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The gonophores of many of the species become free jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust. under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.

Tu`bu*la"ri*an, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the tubularians.