Calyx (Zoology) Information
Calyx is a term used in animal anatomy for some cuplike areas or structures.
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Cnidarians
The spicules containing the basal portion of the upper tentacular part of the polyp of some soft corals (also called calice).
Entoprocta
A body part of the Entoprocta from which tentacles arise and the mouth and anus are located.[1]
Echinoderms
The body disk that is covered with a leathery tegumen containing calcareous plates (in crinoids and ophiuroids the main part of the body where the viscera are located).[2]
Insects
In male insects, a funnel-shaped expansion of the basal part of the vas deferens (part of the seminal duct). Also in entomology, a flattened cap of neuropile in an insect brain (a component of the corpus pedunculatum) and by certain female insects, an expansion of the oviduct into which the ovarioles open.
References
- ^ R.C.Brusca, G.J.Brusca. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, 2 ed.(2003)
- ^ A.R.Maggenti et al., Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology, digitalcommons.unl.edu, 2005
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