radial canal
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Noun[edit]
radial canal (plural radial canals)
- any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge
- any of the canals extending through the substance of the umbrella from the gastric cavity to the marginal circular canal in jellyfish
- a tube extending outward along each ambulacral area from the circumoral canal in most echinoderms