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1. (CNIDARIA)Balance organs of two narrow ciliated bands in the transverse plane.2. (CTENOPHORA)see polar field/plate.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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