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actinopharynxes

actinopharynxes is the plural of actinopharynx.

Meaning of actinopharynx

Noun

actinopharynx (plural actinopharynxes or actinopharynges)

  1. A tube which leads from the mouth to the coelenteron in sea anemones
    • Morphological synapomorphies that support anthozoan monophyly include the actinopharynx, which is an ectodermally-lined tube that extends from the mouth into the gastric cavity, the siphonoglyph, which is a ciliated groove in the actinopharynx, and the mesenteries, which are sheets of gastrodermal...2015 October 15, “Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about actinopharynxes

What is actinopharynxes the plural of?
Actinopharynxes is the plural of actinopharynx.

Words near actinopharynxes in the dictionary

  1. actinopathy
  2. actinophage
  3. actinophages
  4. actinopharynges
  5. actinopharynx
  6. actinopharynxes
  7. actinophone
  8. actinophones
  9. actinophonic
  10. actinophore
  11. actinophores

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