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(PORIFERA)Cavities lined with coanocytes.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
flagellated chamber
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flagellated chamber — noun : one of the outpouchings of the wall of the central cavity of a sponge that is lined with choanocytes and connects with incurrent canals through prosopyles … Useful english dictionary
aphodus — n.; pl. aphodi [Gr. aphodos, departure] (PORIFERA: Desmospongiae) The short channel connecting the flagellated chamber with the excurrent canal; see prosodus … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
diarhyses — n. pl. [Gr. dis, twice; rhysus, delivering] (PORIFERA: Hexactinellida) Radial canals that run through the skeletal wall and have a single flagellated chamber … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
prosopyle — n. [Gr. proso, forward; pyle, gate] (PORIFERA) The opening of the incurrent canal into the flagellated chamber; sieve area … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
siphonoglyph — noun A longitudinal flagellated chamber found in most cnidarians in the classes Scyphozoa and Anthozoa, extending from the mouth towards the colenteron (body cavity) … Wiktionary
apopyle — ˈapəˌpīl noun ( s) Etymology: apo + Greek pylē gate more at pylon zoology : one of the openings by which the water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge … Useful english dictionary
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