stilifer

[Lat. stilus =a stake, a pale, a style, and fero =to bear.] Zool.: The typical genus of Stiliferido (q. v.) ( Tate ), a genus of Pyramid ell ide ( S. P. Woodward ). Shell hyaline, globular, or subulate, with a tapering apex; the animal with slender cylindrical tentacles, having at their outer bases small se ile eyes; foot large. Parasites, attached to the spines of Sea-urchins or immersed in living Star-fishes and Corals. Known species sixteen, from the West Indies, Britain, the Philippines, .