Gonotheca /(?)/

Gon·o·the·ca

Gonotheca

n.

pl. Gonothec

  1. A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. (Zool.)