The network-like non-segmented cartilaginous skeleton of the gill region of Petromyzontiformes and Holocephali, connected to the heart and surrounding respiratory tissue. [ http://www.briancoad.com/dictionary/DicPics/branchial%20basket.htm http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: gill basket
Term information
cyclostome_subset
developmental relationship needs to be changed if the scope is broadened, as NC is vertebrate-specific
Term relations
- subdivision of skeleton
- neural crest-derived structure
- develops from some neural crest
- has part some cartilage tissue
- in taxon some (not Teleostomi)
- part of some chordate pharynx