bursal slits

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bursal slits also ophiopluteus: (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) Genital openings of the bursa of Ophiurida, through which water circulates for respiration, and ripe sex cells pass for fertilization or are retained as brood until rupture of the aboral disk.