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nounmesistele (plural mesisteles)
plural mesisteles
- A conical plated coupling between the proxistele and the dististele of some homoiosteles.
A median stele or mesistele is present in some genera which ranges from two to six plates in length.
1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 235
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