Phacellus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phacellus is a noun meaning (zoology) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
Meaning
(zoology) One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.
Example Sentences
... the phacellus placed on it, which is formed by a bow-shaped series of gastral filaments.
[...] phacelli are well developed, occupying the interradial sides of the octagonal stomach cavity. Each phacellus consists of from eight to twelve brush-like filaments.
Closer inspection, however, shows that the two phacelli of each pair originate as diverging limbs, from a simple interradial phacellus deep in the bottom of the basal stomach.
Word Forms
- phacelli
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phacella, phacocyst, phyllidium, mesoglea, phylactocarp, pseudofilament.
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