radial canal English

Meaning radial canal meaning

What does radial canal mean?

radial canal noun

— any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge

— any of the canals extending through the substance of the umbrella from the gastric cavity to the marginal circular canal in jellyfish

— a tube extending outward along each ambulacral area from the circumoral canal in most echinoderms