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trophosome

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trophosome [′träf·ə‚sōm]
(invertebrate zoology)
The nutritional zooids of a hydroid colony.
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The hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila can survive at least 60 h without oxygen and degrades glycogen stored in the symbiont-containing trophosome tissue (Arndt et al.
Extreme tolerance to anoxia in the Lucinoma aequizonata symbiosis by Arndt-Sullivan, C.; Lechaire, J.-P.; Felbeck, H. / Journal of Shellfish Research
The bacteria probably migrate through the outer parts of the body to reach a layer that transforms into their new home, an organ called a trophosome.
Zits in tubeworms: part of growing up by Science News
and trophosome tissue of Ridgeia piscesae from the same collections were prepared and assayed in the same way.
The morphology of bacterial symbioses in the gills of mussels of the ... by Southward, Eve C. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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