- coelomic funnel
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The nephrostome.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
coelomic funnel
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coelomic funnel — a ring shaped peritoneal fold in female Salmonidae, for example, that guides the mature ova into the genital cavity from whence they exit to the exterior … Dictionary of ichthyology
genital funnel — a ring shaped peritoneal fold through which the mature eggs pass on the way to the exterior via an orifice. Also called the coelomic funnel … Dictionary of ichthyology
genital cavity — the space at the posterior end of the abdominal cavity separated from the rest by a ring shaped peritoneal fold (called the genital or coelomic funnel) through which the mature eggs pass on the way to the exterior via an orifice … Dictionary of ichthyology
nephromixium — n.; pl. ia [Gr. nephros, kidney; mixis, mingling] An organ with flame cells and coelomic funnel serving as both excretory and genital duct; a nephrogonoduct; see protonephromixium, metanephromixium, mixonephridium … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
metanephridium — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from meta + nephridium : a nephridium that originates in a ciliated coelomic funnel compare protonephridium … Useful english dictionary
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