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strobilation

(strō′bə-lā′shən)
n.
Asexual reproduction by division of the body into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish.
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strobilation

asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes (see EPHYRA, SCYPHISTOMA).
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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One example is the process of strobilation in symbiotic scyphozoans such as Mastigias (Sugiura, 1964) and Cassiopeia (Colley and Trench, 1985); these jellyfish produce ephyrae only in the presence of Symbiodinium.
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bermudense were ultimately maintained in the endodermal cells and could stimulate strobilation. Therefore, the s ignals that stimulate phagocytosis could not be the same as those that maintain the symbiosis.
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