ctenophores. The gastrodermis has a role in many biological functions, including respiration, pigmentation, and digestion. The gastrodermis provides a large...

cnidarians have a sac-like body in two distinct layers, the epidermis and gastrodermis, with a jellylike layer called the mesoglea between. Extracellular digestion...

the gastrodermis, which forms a boundary with the epidermis at the mouth. Sponges have no epithelium, and therefore no epidermis or gastrodermis. The...

out of water. The mesoglea is sandwiched between the epidermis and the gastrodermis. In some jellyfish the epidermis on the umbrella/bell surface seems to...

inner gastrodermis; the septa are infoldings of the body wall and consist of a layer of mesogloea sandwiched between two layers of gastrodermis. In some...

stimuli. There are two nerve nets, one in the epidermis and one in the gastrodermis; these unite at the pharynx, the junctions of the septa with the oral...

cellular and fibrous inclusions, located between the epidermis and the gastrodermis (non-triploblast animals usually are considered to lack "connective"...

white tentacles and a white frontal lobe. It has reddish-orange stomach gastrodermis and frilled oral arms of the same colour. This jellyfish is normally...

There is a middle layer of mesoglea, a gastrodervascular cavity with a gastrodermis, and an epidermis. There is a nerve net that is responsible for contractions...

layer (mesoglea; a thick, jelly-like substance), and an inner layer (gastrodermis). Turritopsis dohrnii was first discovered in the Mediterranean Sea,...