Meanings
noungymnostom (plural gymnostoms)
plural gymnostoms
- A "naked" stoma, one without a peristome.
Anterior part of the stoma (Cheilostom) cuticularized; gymnostom together with prostegostom and mesostegostom forming main part of the stoma, cylinder-like and slightly funnel-shaped; metastegostom ridges present, but lacking teeth or denticles; telostegostom short (Fig 2D and 2E).
2015 December 17, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a New Rhabditid Nematode from South China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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