Gonotheca
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Offspring – box.
(Science: zoology) a capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed.
Synonym: gonangium, and teleophore. See hydroidea, and Illust. Of Campanularian.
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