Actinopharynx
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 tissue that extend from the body wall into the coelenteron and have musculature of gastrodermal origin [18 ,22 ,23 ]."
Example
More examples"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 tissue that extend from the body wall into the coelenteron and have musculature of gastrodermal origin [18 ,22 ,23 ]."
Etymology
From actino- + pharynx.
Related phrases
More for "actinopharynx"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.