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MESENTERIAL FILAMENT [2 records]

Record 1 1980-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
  • Animal Anatomy
OBS

Corals growing close together compete for space, and some species are able to extrude mesenterial filaments from the gut to kill the polyps of adjacent colonies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

Les coraux croissant très près les uns des autres entrent en compétition territoriale et certaines espèces sont capables de projeter des filaments mésentériques pour tuer les polypes des colonies voisines.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A] mesenterial filament [is a] ribbon-like prolongation of (the] inner free margin of a mesentery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Le filament est situé] à la partie inférieure [du] bord interne [d'une mésentérie] et rempli une fonction de digestion, d'absorption ou d'excrétion.

Spanish

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