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ectooecium

ectooecium noun: the outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.

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

Forms of ectooecium

pluralectooecia

Questions about ectooecium

What does ectooecium mean?
Ectooecium means the outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.
What part of speech is ectooecium?
Ectooecium is a noun.
What is the plural of ectooecium?
The plural of ectooecium is ectooecia.

Words near ectooecium in the dictionary

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

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