What does rhopaloid mean?
Rhopaloid means (zoology) Having a shaft or tentacle with an uneven diameter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(zoology) Having a shaft or tentacle with an uneven diameter..
Moreover, septa of Amplexocarinia are not rhopaloid , nor are they long in early stages comparable to early stages of Bradyphyllum .
The septa in the cardinal quadrants are thickened and rhopaloid .
A new category of heterotrichous microbasic rhopaloid nematocysts was identified in the scyphopolyps.
The principal tentacular nematocysts are homotrichous microbasic rhopaloids, the capsule averaging 25–26μ long by 15–18μ across.
Stenoteles and euryteles are both rhopaloids, nematocysts characterized by an anisodiametrically dilated shaft.
The tentacles, either singly or fused, become the four rhopaloids.
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Rhopaloid means (zoology) Having a shaft or tentacle with an uneven diameter..
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Moreover, septa of Amplexocarinia are not rhopaloid , nor are they long in early stages comparable to early stages of Bradyphyllum .
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