pseudopore

plural pseudopores

1. biologyA structure that resembles a pore but is not a true pore.

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   Autozooids with cryptocystidean frontal shield, perforated by a highly variable number of small pseudopores, from very numerous to extremely reduced or almost absent, plus a row of peripheral areolar pores. […] Ovicell hyperstomial, globular but distinctly flattened frontally, about as wide as long, with the secondary calcification of the distal zooid covering the entire lateral ooecium, forming a raised serrated rim around the central, flattened exposed ectooecium which is perforated by numerous pseudopores of variable shape and comparatively small size.

   2015 October 22, Oscar Reverter-Gil, Björn Berning, Javier Souto, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2022