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Definition of Rhopalias

Rhopalia
Rhopalium Rho*pa"li*um, n.; pl. Rhopalia. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medus[ae] belonging to the Discophora.

Meaning of Rhopalias from wikipedia

- Rhopalias is a genus of trematodes belonging to the monotypic family Rhopaliidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: Rhopalias coronatus...
- Rhopalia (singular: rhopalium) from Ancient Gr**** ῥόπαλον (rhópalon) 'club' are small sensory structures of certain Scyphozoan (true jellyfish) and Cubozoan...
- Rhopalia is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. Rhopalia annulata Sack, 1934 Rhopalia bequaerti Lyneborg, 1970 Rhopalia berlandi Séguy, 1949 Rhopalia...
- the box jellyfish have 6 eyes on each of their 4 rhopalia, creating a total of 24 eyes. The rhopalia also feature a heavy crystal-like structure called...
- niches between the lappets are dangling rudimentary sense organs known as rhopalia, and the margin of the bell often bears tentacles. On the underside of...
- the nerve cells are instead concentrated into small structures called rhopalia. There are between four and sixteen of these small lobes arranged around...
- by a decentralized nerve net and simple receptors. Cnidarians also have Rhopalia, which are involved in gravity sensing and sometimes chemoreception. Several...
- cystophora (8 mm diameter) Does not include 1000 neurons in each of the four rhopalia Medicinal leech 10,000 Pond snail 11,000 Sea slug 18,000 Amphioxus 20,000...
- Order: Diptera Family: Mydidae Subfamily: Rhopaliinae Genus: Pseudorhopalia Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 Type species Rhopalia mirandai Andretta & Carrera, 1951...
- sixteen lappets (folds), the niches between these bearing alternately rhopalia (sense organs) and short tentacles (eight of each). There is no marginal...