plectolophe

plectolophe
n. [Gr. plektos, twisted; lophos, crest]
(BRACHIOPODA)
A lophophore where each branchium has a U-shaped side arm with a double row of paired filamental appendages, terminating distally in a medial plano-spire normal to commissural plane with a single row of paired appendages.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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