amphicoronate

adj

amphicoronate

adj

Etymology From amphi- + coronate.

1

Arranged alternately up and down

Of the oral tentacles of cnidaria

The conical hypostome was encircled by 4–14 filiform amphicoronate tentacles with nematocysts.2016 February 4, “Green Fluorescence of Cytaeis Hydroids Living in Association with Nassarius Gastropods in the Red Sea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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