nematodesmata

English

Noun

nematodesmata pl (plural only)

1. Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.
   • 2008, Denis Lynn, The Ciliated Protozoa:

     The nematodesmata extend posteriorly to form the rhabdos or litostome cytopharyngeal apparatus. Dileptus species may have two rings of nematodesmata, the inner one of which is not associated with kinetosomes (Grain & Golińska, 1969).