perradius

(pəˈreɪdɪəs)

(Zoology) zoology any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group

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The frenulum was thought to serve a structural role (buttress) in stabilizing the velarium during a swim contraction (Gladfelter, 1973), yet its position at the perradius just opposite the rhopalial niche is well suited to receive direct motor commands from the adjacent rhopalium.

Organization of the ectodermal nervous structures in medusae: cubomedusae

This would be possible if each rhopalial pacemaker ganglion could regulate the contractions of each occupied perradius and interradius swimming muscle separately, in response to the inputs from the IR source.

Anomalous infrared taxis of an aquatic animal, the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae)

Each quadrant is radially subdivided at the perradius, midway between the interradii.

The structure of the velarium is not remarkable at the interradii, but it is supported by a buttress-like, subumbrellar frenulum at each perradius (Fig.

The raised band of smooth muscle at each perradius originates just below the nerve ring (Fig.

These bands run, at most, halfway to the perradius and terminate blindly in the subumbrellar tissue without fanning out (Fig.

The circular muscle sheet is continuous across each interradius, but is interrupted by a strip of radial, smooth muscle at each perradius. This perradial interruption separates the subumbrellar swim musculature into four quadrants that do not correspond to the four "flat sides" of the medusa.