SUCTORIAN

[suc.to.ri.an] n [NL Suctoria, fr. neut. pl. of suctorius suctorial] (ca. 1842): any of a class or subclass (Suctoria) of complex protozoans which are ciliated only early in development and in which the mature form is fixed to the substrate, lacks locomotor organelles or a mouth, and obtains food through specialized suctorial tentacles