Scyphozoa Health Dictionary

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Rhopalium (pl. Rhopalia)

The specialised structures present in the sensory niches between the four pedalia of cubozoan (box) jellyfish. It houses the ocellus (eye) and statocyst (balance organ). Rhopalia are also present, although less obvious, in scyphozoan jellyfish.... rhopalium (pl. rhopalia)



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