coelenteron


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coelenteron

the digestive cavity in COELENTERATES which has only one opening, the mouth.
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At this stage, the blastopore was closed and there was no coelenteron (= gastrovascular cavity) observed in histological examination (Fig.
Timing of spawning and early development of Palythoa tuberculosa (Anthozoa, Zoantharia, Sphenopidae) in Okinawa, Japan
We could not ascertain whether infection occurs in the gonadal tissue or after the ova have been released into the coelenteron. But, as the anemones were kept in artificial (and so zooxanthellafree) seawater in sterile flasks, and as spawning occurred in air, we can be certain that the zooxanthellae were of maternal origin, and that infection occurs prior to release into the surrounding seawater and hence prior to fertilization.
Early development and acquisition of zooxanthellae in the temperate symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura ballii (cocks)
Then, the larvae irreversibly opened the coelenteron in the aboral half of the bodies and achieved permanent attachment at the basal protrusion (Fig.
Larval behavioral, morphological changes, and nematocyte dynamics during settlement of actinulae of Tubularia mesembryanthemum, Allman 1871 (Hydrozoa: Tubulariidae)
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