Meanings
adverbhelicoidally (not comparable)
- not comparableIn the form of a helicoid
Two helicoidally arranged muscles insert in the mouth rim (1 μm width; Figs 6B and 7A, 7B ) and surround the longitudinal fibres along the pharynx, up to the pharyngo-intestinal junction crossing seven times; no helicoidal muscles are seen in the intestine region (Fig 6A and 6B ).
2015 July 9, “An Integrated Morphological and Molecular Approach to the Description and Systematisation of a Novel Genus and Species of Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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