Meanings
- uncountableA morphotype characterized by bilateral symmetry and a mouth located at one pole of the body.
Its morphological appearance (Fig. lb) is characterized by predominance of acrostomy ...
1991, Biology Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR2 more examples
In the Kampinos Forest, on the other hand, all substrates have been inhabited at majority (75%) by a morphotype called acrostomy.
1985, Polish Ecological Studies -Volume 10, Issues 1-2, page 81High frequency of species with acrostomy, eg species of the genera Euglypha, Assulina and Nebela, supports the conclusion that humidity is a major structuring force for testate amoebae at TH III.
2010, Valentyna Krashevska, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu, “Micro-and macroscale changes in density and diversity of testate amoebae of tropical montane rain forests of Southern Ecuador”, in Acta Protozoologica, volume 49, number 1
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