Meanings
- not comparableRelating to an ectooecium
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Exposed ectooecium a wide, flat, semicircular area with rounded or elongate pseudopores that are larger at the periphery; secondary calcification of distal zooid forming a crown of prominent conical nodules completely encircling the exposed ectooecial area, showing a fine proximomedian suture; secondary calcification may occasionally even cover the entire pseudoporous area with a thin layer but without occluding the pseudopores.
2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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