matrix glands

matrix glands
(NEMATODA: Secernentea)
An excretory cell or modified rectal glands that secrete the gelatinous matrix through the anus or excretory pore and into which eggs maybe imbedded.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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