Actinula

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Actinula \Ac*tin"u*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a ray.]
     (Zool.)
     A kind of embryo of certain hydroids ({Tubularia}), having a
     stellate form.
     [1913 Webster]