statoblast

[stat-uh-blast]

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noun

Zoology.

(in certain bryozoans) an asexually produced group of cells encased in a chitinous covering that can survive unfavorable conditions, as freezing or drought, and germinate to produce a new colony.

statoblast

/ ˈ��æ��əʊˌ��ɑː�� /

noun

zoology an encapsulated bud produced asexually by certain bryozoans that can survive adverse conditions and that gives rise to a new colony

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Word History and Origins

Origin of statoblast¹

1850–55; stato- (combining form of Greek ��ٲ��ó�� standing; akin to status, static ) + -blast

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The most definite character in which this species differs from F. sultana and F. australiensis is the ornamentation of one surface of the statoblast, both surfaces of which are smooth in the two latter species.

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Other tubules of a very similar appearance but with a delicate chitinoid foundation appear to be the remains of a species of Plumatella of which they occasionally contain a statoblast.

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B=statoblast from Ceylon, � 35.

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Biology.—The first specimen obtained was a statoblast fixed to a tube of the oligoch�te worm Aulophorus tonkinensis taken at Kawkareik in March.

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Swim-ring A ring of polygonal air-spaces surrounding the statoblast.

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stato-statocyst

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