gonosome
- zoology the individuals, collectively, in a colonial animal that are involved with reproduction
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Gonosome with free medusae or gonophores; medusae usually with ocelli, never with otocysts.
Gonosome with free medusae or gonophores; the medusae typically with otocysts, sometimes with cordyli or ocelli (figs. 54, 55).