Category:Virgularian

Vir`gu*la"ri*an, n. Etym: [from. L. virgula a small rod.] (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous species of long, slender alcyonaria Belonging to virgularia and allied genera of the family virgularidæ. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike Rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The Polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of The rhachis.