rhynchocoel


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rhynchocoel

(ˈrɪŋkəʊˌsiːl)
n
a cavity found in certain invertebrate worms which contains the sucking organ
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Proboscis sheath epithelium had become sculpted into a deep sac (rhynchocoel) with a restricted, slit-shaped external opening (rhynchostome) at the anterior end of the snout (Fig.
The longitudinal section through the snout area of a post-larva at 4 days after velum loss shows the short proboboscis within the much longer rhynchocoel (proboscis sac) created by the proboscis sheath (Fig.
Metamorphic remodeling of a planktotrophic larva to produce the predatory feeding system of a cone snail (Mollusca, Neogastropoda)
Five days after fertilization, we were able to discern rudiments of most adult organs on confocal sections of phallacidin-labeled larvae: proboscis and rhynchocoel, cerebral ganglia and lateral nerve cords, cerebral organs, mouth, foregut and midgut.
Larval development with transitory epidermis in paranemertes peregrina and other hoplonemerteans
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