aboral
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According to Ferraioli, the next phase of research will focus on identifying the molecular characteristics of the newly discovered cell types and exploring how strongly the aboral organ influences comb jelly behavior.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
To understand how the aboral organ is organized internally, researchers collaborated with Maike Kittelmann at Oxford Brookes University and used advanced volume electron microscopy.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Gibbons prefer life high up off the ground and are crippled by the loss of an aboral home.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 21, 2018
Water enters the madreporite on the aboral side of the echinoderm.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Body short, rounded at the aboral end; fins rounded, inserted in middle of body-length; shell chitinous, small or absent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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