Calyx (zoology)
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Cnidarians
The spicules containing the basal portion of the upper tentacular part of the polypPolyp
A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa. Polyps are approximately cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the body...
of some soft corals (also called calice).
Entoprocta
A body part of the EntoproctaEntoprocta
Entoprocta, whose name means "anus inside", is a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals, ranging from long. Mature individuals are goblet-shaped, on relatively long stalks. They have a "crown" of solid tentacles whose cilia generate water currents that draw food particles towards the mouth, and...
from which tentacles arise and the mouth and anus are located.
Echinoderms
The body disk that is covered with a leathery tegumen containing calcareous plates (in crinoidCrinoid
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms . Crinoidea comes from the Greek word krinon, "a lily", and eidos, "form". They live both in shallow water and in depths as great as 6,000 meters. Sea lilies refer to the crinoids which, in their adult form, are...
s and ophiuroids the main part of the body where the viscera are located).
Insects
In male insects, a funnel-shaped expansion of the basal part of the vas deferensVas deferens
The vas deferens , also called ductus deferens, , is part of the male anatomy of many vertebrates; they transport sperm from the epididymis in anticipation of ejaculation....
(part of the seminal duct). Also in entomology, a flattened cap of neuropil
Neuropil
In neuroanatomy, a neuropil, which is sometimes referred to as a neuropile, is a region between neuronal cell bodies in the gray matter of the brain and blood-brain barrier . It consists of a dense tangle of axon terminals, dendrites and glial cell processes...
e 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.