Explore: Axial Polyp

within this genus have polyps which are dimorphic: axial polyps grow rapidly and have lighter coloration, while radial polyps are small and are darker

results in separate polyps, each with its own corallite wall. In the case of bushy corals such as Acropora, lateral budding from axial polyps form the basis

corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract. The cup is composed of aragonite

single polyp develops into a rigid, erect stalk (the rachis) and loses its tentacles, forming a bulbous "root" or peduncle at its base. The other polyps branch

their larvae can disperse as plankton. The basic unit of the adult is the polyp, an individual animal consisting of a cylindrical column topped by a disc

jellyfish form typical of the Hydrozoa, as well as vegetatively propagating polyps. Clytia hemisphaerica has emerged as a promising model organism as its life

caused by mutations in the APC gene. In FAP, adenomatous polyps are present in the colon. The polyps progress into colon cancer unless removed. The APC gene

contrast to modern Hexacorallia, where the colonial polyps generally have sixfold symmetry. Each polyp of a rugose coral is hosted on a corallite, the fundamental

pseudointerarea being situated within the gastric cavity of the polyp of Nailiana. The polyp along with the Brachiopod couldn't have lived in a symbiotic

on water so that the tentacles hang down in a ring around the mouth. In polyp form, such as sea anemone and coral, the body is below with the tentacles