Meanings
adjectivecelleporiform (not comparable)
- not comparableMultilaminate, made up of many single layers of roughly circular subcolonies of zooids.
In this paper we restrict our discussion to colonies assigned to the celleporiform A growth form since they are unique in several important ways.
1979, International Bryozoology Association, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Marie B. Abbott, Advances in Bryozoology (page 298)1 more example
Specimen-wise, the assemblage is dominated by […] poorly preserved and small (usually < 1 cm in diameter) celleporiform colonies represented by several species.
2005, Hugo Moyano, Juan Cancino, Patrick Wyse Jackson, Bryozoan Studies 2004: Proceedings of the 13th International Bryozoology Association conference
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