strobilation

From strobile + -ation, or from strobilate + -ion.

strobilation (countable and uncountable, plural strobilations)

2. (biology) A form of asexual reproduction by division into body segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfish.
   • 2007 September 16, Saki Knafo, quoting Neil Allicock, “My Family Has High Hopes for Me Because They Know I’m Going to Do Great Things”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     "Strobilation is like: All right, the male jellyfish releases his sperm into the water and the female jellyfish, her eggs catch them, right? So, when they fuse, it turns into a little polyp. The polyp hooks on to a rock, and the temperature and different types of food make the polyp grow faster. So that’s what we try to do, make them strobilate faster."

• trilobations