Meanings
nouncoeloblastula (plural coeloblastulas or coeloblastulae)
plural coeloblastulas · plural coeloblastulae
- A hollow blastula formed from blastomeres.
Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.
2008, Tracey Irene Smart, Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific Polychaete Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) in Coos Bay, OR (page 8)
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coeloblastula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coeloblastula
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“coeloblastula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coeloblastula. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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