Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Athecata"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tubularida \Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; --
called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[ae]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Athecata \Ath`e*ca"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + ? chest,
box.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not
inclosed in a capsule. See {Tubularian}.
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