lobula

plural lobulae · plural lobulas

1. alternativeAlternative form of lobule.

   It may be that morphogenesis derives from the surface as a whole contracting and buckling in some way to generate the lobulae.

   1990, Jonathan Bard, “The epithelial repertoire”, in Morphogenesis: The Cellular and Molecular Processes of Developmental Anatomy, Cambridge University Press, published 1992, →ISBN, section 4, “Changing the shape of epithelia”, page 193

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   6. Isidia accompanied by conspicuous dorsiventral lobulae in tufts on the thallus surface or as a fringe along the margins of the thallus lobes / 6. Isidiate plants without dorsiventral lobulae.

   1968, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, page 491

   Both decapods and insects share the attribute of having lobulas, the neurons of which contribute to retinotopic ensembles of dendritic trees.

   2012, Nicholas James Strausfeld, “Beneath the Faceted Eye”, in Arthropod Brains: Evolution, Functional Elegance, and Historical Significance, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 131, columns 1–2