- toxactinium
-
a long curved projection from the anterior end of the priapium (q.v.) in some Phallostethidae
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
toxactinium
Look at other dictionaries:
priapium — (plural priapia)) a complex muscular and bony clasping and copulatory organ derived mainly from the pelvic fins, found under the head of male Phallostethoidea with the anus opening on one side and the genital pore on the other. The structure… … Dictionary of ichthyology
pulvinulus — an elongate mass of fibrous tissue at the base of the toxactinium in the priapium (q.v.) of Phallostethidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
