valvocopula

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noun

A copula (girdle) that runs around the valve of a diatom

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Meanings

nounvalvocopula (plural valvocopulae)

plural valvocopulae

  1. A copula (girdle) that runs around the valve of a diatom

    Girdle elements of Orizaformis also have single rows of puncta and a hyaline valvocopula, though in this genus there is no noticeable size difference between the valvocopula and other girdle elements.

    2015 October 15, “New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics with the Description of a New Genus and Three New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From valvo- + copula.

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