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ectooecia

ectooecia is the plural of ectooecium.

Meaning of ectooecium

Noun

ectooecium (plural ectooecia)

  1. The outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.
    • Ovicell hyperstomial (i.e. prominent), often becoming subimmersed by secondary calcification during ontogeny, completely calcified ectooecium with conspicuous frontal pseudopores, not closed by autozooidal operculum.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ectooecia

What is ectooecia the plural of?
Ectooecia is the plural of ectooecium.

Words near ectooecia in the dictionary

  1. ectonucleosides
  2. ectonucleotidase
  3. ectonucleotidases
  4. ectonucleotide
  5. ectonucleotides
  6. ectooecia
  7. ectooecial
  8. ectooecium
  9. ectoparasite
  10. ectoparasites
  11. ectoparasitic

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