blastophore

plural blastophores

1. obsoletebiologyThat portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.

   The cytophore now splits internally in such a way as to separate an inner sphere (blastophore) from an outer envelope.

   1916, F. J. Meggitt, “A new species of tapeworm from a parakeet, Brotogerys tirica”, in Parasitology, volume 8, page 50

   2 more examples

   It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."

   1880, Journal of Microscopy, volume 3

   Associted with the formation of the male sex cells from the time they leave the testes until the spermatozoön becomes fully grown there is a protoplasmic structure, termed the blastophore (Bloomfield, '80, Calkins, '95) in Lumbricus, and the cytophore (Voigt, '85) in Branchiobdella varians.

   1906, W. M. Smallwood, “Notes on Branchiobdella”, in The Biological Bulletin, page 106

   Synonyms: vitellus