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rhabdopleura Zool.|ræbdəʊˈplʊərə| [mod.L., f. rhabdo- + Gr. πλευρά rib, side.] A member of the genus of protochordates so called, belonging to the class Pterobranchia and having two tentacle-bearing arms.
[1869G. J. Allman in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. IX. 58 The remarkable polyzoon for which the genus Rhabdopleura has been constituted is eminently distinguished by the presence within its cœnœcium of a rigid chitinous rod.] 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 435/1 The dwelling of Rhabdopleura is a branched system of annulated tubes of a delicate membranous consistency, each tube corresponding to a single polypide. 1955[see cephalodiscus]. |