choanocyte
IPA: tʃˈoʊnʌsaɪt
noun
- (cytology) any of the cells in sponges that contain a flagellum, and are used to control the movement of water
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Examples of "choanocyte" in Sentences
- Lapebie P, Renard E, Bezac C, Boury-Esnault N, et al. (2008) NK homeobox genes with choanocyte-specific expression in homoscleromorph sponges.
- Amazingly, half of the sponge's choanocyte (filtration) cells had divided and the choanocyte's cell division cycle was a phenomenally short 5.4 hours.
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