catenicelliform

English

Adjective

catenicelliform (not comparable)

1. Forming a jointed erect colony with internodes of few zooecia.
   • 1969, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (page 812)

     In both faunas, the dominant zoarial types are catenicelliform, followed by the cellariiform, adeoniform, and vinculariiform.

   • 1975, Bryozoa 1974: Proceedings of the Third Conference, International Bryozoology Association, [Lyon, 2-11 September 1974] (part 2, page 285)

     Catenicelliform species in the Vittaticellidae and some Crisia were dominant in the fine sediments.

   • 1992, Polish Polar Research, volume 13, page 260:

     It is known that catenicelliform zoaria abound at depths of 20 to 40 m and occur very rarely outside the bathymetric limits […]