, a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Tubulāria (in Linnæus, 1755, f. tubulus TUBULE) + -AN.] a. adj. Belonging to the Linnæan genus Tubularia, the group Tubulariæ, or the family Tubulariidæ, of gymnoblastic Hydrozoa, in which the polyps are of tubular form, protected by a perisarc, with naked hydranths. b. sb. A tubularian hydroid. Also Tubularidan a. and sb. in same sense (Cent. Dict., 1891).

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1859.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., V. 296/2. In the Tubularian Polyp the canal is modified.

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1864.  Webster, Tubularian,… one of a family of polypoid acalephs, having simple or branched horny tubes, and terminating above in polyp-like extremities.

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1893.  Science, I. 196/2. The Anthomedusæ (e.g., Margelis), from the tubularian hydroids.

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1888.  Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 247. A Campanularian differs from a Tubularian in three important respects.

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