Definition of "statozoic"

These Pelmatozoa in a way are to be regarded as intermediate between the statozoic and eleutherozoic forms, as regards their mode of life, and may be dealt with to advantage in the present paper.

1912, Proceedings of the United States National Museum

[…] the marked radial symmetry which prevails, even among the most perfectly eleutherozoic modern forms, is usually ascribed to a prolonged statozoic phase in their evolution.

1950, Outlines of Palaeontology, page 110