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- Lucernaria - n. - A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
- Lucernarian - a. - Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.
- Lucernarian - n. - One of the Lucernarida.
- lucernarida - n. pl. - A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
- Calycozoa - n. pl. - A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.