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/as"keuh noyd'/, adj.pertaining to or resembling an ascon.[ASCON + -OID]
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asconoid — adjective (of some sponges) Lacking a definite shape … Wiktionary
asconoid — as·co·noid … English syllables
asconoid — adjective or noun see ascon I * * * /as keuh noyd /, adj. pertaining to or resembling an ascon. [ASCON + OID] … Useful english dictionary
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Choanocyte — Choanocytes (also known as collar cells ) are cells that line the interior of Asconoid, syconoid and leuconoid body type sponges that contain a central flagellum surrounded by a collar of microvilli which are connected by a thin membrane. It is… … Wikipedia
synconoid grade — (PORIFERA) A grade of construction intermediate between the asconoid and the leuconoid, in which each radial canal is subdivided into elongate flagellate chambers grouped around a common excurrent channel; see leuconoid grade, asconoid grade … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Choanoderm — The choanoderm is composed of flagellated collar cells, or choanocytes. The sponge body is mostly a connective tissue, the mesohyl, over which are applied epithelioid monolayers of cells, the outer pinacoderm and the inner choanoderm. Most… … Wikipedia
Calcareous sponge — Taxobox name = Calcareous sponges image caption = Calcispongiae from Ernst Haeckel s Kunstformen der Natur , 1904 regnum = Animalia phylum = Porifera classis = Calcarea classis horny = Bowerbank, 1864 subdivision ranks = Orders subdivision =… … Wikipedia
