Strobilation or transverse fission is a form of asexual reproduction consisting of the spontaneous transverse segmentation of the body. It is observed in certain cnidarians and helminths. This mode of reproduction is characterized by high offspring output, which, in the case of the parasitic tapeworms, is of great significance. ==Strobilation in c...
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• (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
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(from the article `cnidarian`) ...is that each polyp transforms entirely into a medusa. In most scyphozoans, a scyphistoma (scyphopolyp) produces immature medusae (ephyrae) by ... ...into types, such as transverse or longitudinal, depending on the axis of cell separation. Regular transverse fission in some organisms, such as ... [2 r...
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Formation of a chain of zoids by budding, as in the strobila of a tapeworm.
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Strob`i·la'tion noun (Zoology) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See
Illust. under
Syllidian .
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