anthostelen.
/ˈanθə(ʊ)ˌstiːl/, U.S. /ˈænθəˌstil/, /ˈænθoʊˌstil/ Zoology.
In certain polyps (esp. octocorallian polyps): the proximal part of the stem or calyx, sometimes stiffened, which is fused with that of neighbouring polyps and into which the anthocodia may be retracted. Cf. anthocodia n.
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1900 G. C. Bourne in Trans. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 7 532 The anthostele sends up a solenium.
1980 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 20 11 One of the specimens..contains..pink sclerites in the anthostele.
2008 Jrnl. Paleontol. 82 18/2 Jenkins..studied fragmentary material with good detail, which led him to interpret the secondary branches as large polyp anthosteles.
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