Trophonema Definition

noun

Any of several glandular villi of the uterus of viviparous sharks which supply nutrient to the embryos.

The trophonema consists of 50–60 trophocytes that maintain contact with <1% of the oocyte surface and forms a circular, bowel-shaped depression on the luminal surface of the gastrodermis as they sink into the mesoglea with the oocyte.
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Noun

Singular:
trophonema
Plural:
trophonemata

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