Pl. solenia. [mod.L., ad. Gr. σωλήνιον, dim. of σωλήν SOLEN sb.2] (See first quot.)
1900. G. C. Bourne, in Trans. Linn. Soc., Zool., VII. X. 522. The anastomosing canals lined by endoderm which place the zooid cavities in communication have been variously named ‘stolons,’ ‘nutritive-canals,’ ‘cœnenchymal tubes,’ and so on. I propose to call them solenia. Ibid., 532. The anthostele sends up a solenium.
