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o·be·lia

(ō-bēl′yə)

Any of various marine hydroids of the genus Obelia that exist chiefly as colonies of polyps growing in a branchlike form on surfaces such as piers or rocks.

[New Latin Obelia, genus name, probably from Greek obeliās, a loaf baked on a spit, from obelos, a spit.]

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obelia

(əʊˈbiːlɪə)

(Animals) a type of coelenterate of the genus Obelia that is found as a woolly mass growing on pieces of wood, etc in the sea

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o•be•lia

(oʊˈbil yə, oʊˈbi li ə)

n., pl. -lias.

any colonial marine hydrozoan of the genus Laomedea (Obelia), appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.

[1865–70; < New Latin < Greek obelías a loaf toasted on a spit =obel(ós) a spit (see obelisk) + -ias n. suffix]

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Environmental Determinants of Zooplankton Community in the Damietta Estuary of the Nile River, Egypt

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La epibiosis en los grandes vertebrados marinos de Mexico: una revision y su relevancia ecosistemica

Some less frequent species occurred in high abundances in each site, such as Orthopyxis integra, Obelia geniculata and Ectopleura crocea.

Faunal assemblages of intertidal hydroids (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) from Argentinean Patagonia (Southwestern Atlantic Ocean)

Obelia Cutiongco, who co-established the group Espesyal Pinoy for Singapore-based Filipino parents with special needs children, led the Sinulog parade and as she danced, and could not help but get emotional.

Lighting up the Singapore River, Pinoy style

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sarsiand Porella sacata) and one from the phylum Hydrozoa (Obelia loveni) were not listed in WoRMS, but were verified using the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS, www.itis.gov).

Regional variability of megabenthic community structure across the Canadian Arctic

Behavioral physiology of the colonial hydroid Obelia. II.

Multiple conducting systems in the cubomedusa Carybdea marsupialis

The most abundant settlers at the oyster site were the hydroid Obelia sp.

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25-2,475 FF S U Hydrozoa Obelia colony 25-50 FF S A Nematoda 25-1,875 SDF M F Nemertina 25-700 C M F Polychaeta Ancistrosyllis sp.

Environmental gradient favours functionally diverse macrobenthic community in a placer rich tropical bay

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Teaching the major invertebrate Phyla in one laboratory session

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