musculoepithelial cell

musculoepithelial cell

a type of cell found particularly in COELENTERATES that is columnar in shape, occurs with ectodem or endoderm cells, and has two contractile processes extending into the mesogloea.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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