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cothurnopore

cothurnopore noun: a proto-lamellate organ of a stylophoran composed of U-shaped plates.

Noun

cothurnopore (plural cothurnopores)

  1. A proto-lamellate organ of a stylophoran composed of U-shaped plates.
    • Epispires, cothurnopores, and lamellipores in cornutes are respiratory structures not atypical of early echinoderms and are only superficially similar to chordate gill slits.1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...
    • In all cornute species where cothurnopores are well preserved, each cothurnopore consists of two U-plates that meet one another at the tips, thus enclosing a small elliptical area.2002 April, Mónica Martí Mus, “The Ordovician cornute Flabellicystis rushtoni n. gen. n. sp. (Stylophora, Echinodermata) and its phylogenetic position within the group Cornuta”, in Paläontologische...

Forms of cothurnopore

pluralcothurnopores

Questions about cothurnopore

What does cothurnopore mean?
Cothurnopore means a proto-lamellate organ of a stylophoran composed of U-shaped plates.
What part of speech is cothurnopore?
Cothurnopore is a noun.
What is the plural of cothurnopore?
The plural of cothurnopore is cothurnopores.

Words near cothurnopore in the dictionary

  1. cothurnal
  2. cothurnate
  3. cothurned
  4. cothurni
  5. cothurnian
  6. cothurnopore
  7. cothurnopores
  8. cothurns
  9. cothurnus
  10. cothymia
  11. cotia

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