basal disk

noun

Anatomy.

1. the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.

Example Sentences

The basal disk is then detached and the column is twisted round until the basal disk again comes in contact with the surface at a point some distance in advance of its previous point of attachment.

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I have only seen one instance of what appeared to be unequal vertical fission—that of a polyp consisting of two individuals still joined together by the basal disk, but one about half the size of the other.

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In doing so it bends its column down to the object along which it is about to move in such a way that it lies almost parallel to the surface, the basal disk, however, being still attached.

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The basal disk is liberated and the tentacles contract, dragging the column, which still lies prone, along as they do so.

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The basal disk is then turned round and fixed to the new support.

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