scyphobranch (sifobrangk)

and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the Scyphobranchii. II. n. One of the Scyphobranchii. Scyphobranchii (si-fō-brang'ki-i), n. pl. [NL.. (Gr. σκύφος, a cup, + βράγχια, gills.] A group of per com orphic fishes which have the post-temporal bone furcate, the epipharyngeals saucer shaped, and the basis cranii simple. The group includes the blennies, gobies, and related fishes. E. D. Cope. Scyphomeduse (sī fō-mē-du'sē), n. pl. [NL., stome or scyphistome giving rise to the med us i forms by strobilation or trans fi ion, or, as in Lucern arid a, developing genitalia directly. They are also called Phanero carpæ (Eschscholtz, 1829), Discophora (Kölliker, 1853), Lu cernaridæ (Huxley, 1856), Medusa (Carus, 1867), Steganoph thalmia (Forbes), Acalephæ (Claus, 1878), and Ephyrome dusæ. By Haeckel the term was restricted to the Lucer narida.