wall or on blastostyles. The gonophores develop into free medusae or fixed sporosacs. The gonophores in the family Tricyclusidae are fixed sporosacs, with only male specimens observed. The gonophores in the family Pennariidae develop above the aboral tentacles. They may or may not liberate eumedusoids. The gonophores in the family Cladocorynidae are carried singly or on short, branched pedicels on the lower or middle part of the hydranth. They developing into free medusae or fixed sporosacs. The gonophores in the family Solanderiidae, where known, arise directly from coenosarc (i.e. the hollow living tubes of the upright branching individuals of a colony). They are cryptomedusoid or eumedusoid. The gonophores in the family Milleporidae arise from the coenosarc within chambers embedded entirely in the coenosteum (i.e. the calcareous mass forming the skeleton of a compound coral). See also Gonopod Gonopodium References External links The suborder Capitata Hydrozoa Cnidarian anatomy Animal reproductive system