actinopharynx

English

Etymology

actino- +‎ pharynx

Noun

actinopharynx (plural actinopharynxes or actinopharynges)

1. A tube which leads from the mouth to the coelenteron in sea anemones
   • 2015 October 15, “Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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 ].