nematodesmata

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noun

Bundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

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nounnematodesmata pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyBundles of microtubules that support the oral cilia in some protozoa.

    The nematodesmata extend posteriorly to form the rhabdos or litostome cytopharyngeal apparatus. Dileptus species may have two rings of nematodesmata, the inner one of which is not associated with kinetosomes (Grain & Golińska, 1969).

    2008, Denis Lynn, The Ciliated Protozoa
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