- retractor gubernaculi
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see gubernaculum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
gubernaculum — n.; pl. la [L. dim. gubernare, to guide] 1. (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) Hydroida, protoplasmic strands connecting the blastostyle and internal marsupium to the gonothecal wall; possibly functioning in nutrition or as a device for keeping the internal… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology