Sentence examples for branchiae from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, most sessile barnacles have a pair of broad, often wrinkled extensions of the mantle wall, called branchiae.

However, this exchange is supplemented by extensions of the coelomic, or body-fluid, cavity into thin-walled "gills" or dermal branchiae that bring the coelomic fluid into close contact with seawater.

Branchiae, or gills, which serve for respiration and as food-gathering organs, are well-developed in many of the tube-dwelling forms.