rhinophores

rhinophores
n. pl. [Gr. rhinos, nose; phorein, to bear]
(MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)
1. In Opisthobranchia, the second pair of modified tentacles commonly surrounded at the base by a collarlike fold, located behind the first pair; chemoreceptors at base of the tentacles.
2. In Nautiloidea, a digitiform chemoreceptor present beneath each eye.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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