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 …

The meaning of STROBILA is a linear series of similar animal structures (such as the proglottids of a tapeworm) produced by budding.

A strobilus (pl.: strobili) is a structure present on many land plant species consisting of sporangia -bearing structures densely aggregated along a stem. Strobili are often called cones, but some …

strobila a linear sequence of similar animal structures, such as the segmented body of a tapeworm. Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham …

Strobila, stro-bī′la, n. a discomedusan at the stage succeeding the scyphistoma: a segmented tapeworm.—adj. These three phases of growth, before the relation between them was …

and scyphostome polyps, is called strobilation. Commonly, this results in a chain, called a strobilus, of the fission products—the proglottids of tapeworms and the ephyrae of scyphozoan …

During strobilation, a polyp splits into 10-15 plate-like segments stacked atop one another in a tower called a strobila. After a segment separates from the strobila, it is called an ephyra, a …

The meaning of STROBILATION is asexual reproduction (as in various cnidarians and tapeworms) by transverse division of the body into segments which develop into separate …

strobila [ stro-bi´lah ] the chain of proglottids constituting the bulk of the body of adult tapeworms , sometimes considered to constitute the entire body, including the head, neck, and proglottids.

Several members of the cestode (tapeworm) family Diphyllobothriidae are known to infect humans. These pseudophyllidean cestodes have a scolex bearing bothria (grooves), instead …