ciliated funnel

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• ciliated funnels — (ECHIURA) Small, ciliated cup or funnel shaped structures attached to the outer surface of the anal vesicles …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium

• Nephridium — A Nephridium (plural nephridia) is an invertebrate organ which occurs in pairs and function similar to kidneys. Nephridia remove metabolic wastes from an animal s body. They are present in many different invertebrate lines. There are two basic… …   Wikipedia

• nephrostome — noun Etymology: New Latin nephrostoma, from nephr + stoma stoma Date: 1888 the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Symbion — For the term symbiont , see Symbiosis. Symbion Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• nephrostoma, nephrostome — One of the ciliated funnel shaped openings by which pronephric and some primitive mesonephric tubules communicate with the celom. [nephro + G. stoma, mouth] …   Medical dictionary

• nephrostome — neph·ro·stome nef rə .stōm also ne·phros·to·ma ni fräs tə mə n, pl stomes also sto·ma·ta mət ə the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium * * * neph·ro·stome (nefґro stōm) nephrostoma …   Medical dictionary

• neph|ro|stome — «NEHF ruh stohm», noun. Biology. the ciliated funnel shaped end of the nephridium in some invertebrates and lower vertebrates. ╂[< Greek nephrós kidney + stóma mouth] …   Useful english dictionary

• moss animal — bryozoan. [1880 85] * * * ▪ invertebrate Introduction also called  bryozoan,         any member of the phylum Bryozoa (also called Polyzoa or Ectoprocta), in which there are about 5,000 extant species. Another 15,000 species are known only from… …   Universalium

• annelid — /an l id/, n. 1. any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Annelida. Also, annelidan /euh nel i dn/. [1825 35; see ANNELIDA] * * * Any member of… …   Universalium

• mollusk — molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus keuhn/, adj., n. mollusklike, adj. /mol euhsk/, n. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body,… …   Universalium