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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 413gymnocoel n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; koilos, hollow] A body cavitypossessing no special lining cells other than tissue borderingcavities such as epidermis or gastrodermis.gymnocyst n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; kystis, bladder] 1. (BRYO) Asimple type <strong>of</strong> wall morphology that adds exterior walls tothe ends <strong>of</strong> interior walls, thereby separating adjacent zooidsthat remain in communication through interzooidalpores. gymnocystal a. see cryptocyst. 2. (BRYO: Gymnolaemata)In cheilostomates, continuous or partial frontalshield formed by calcification <strong>of</strong> the zooidal frontal wall orby cuticle covered spots on the frontal wall.gymnocystidean n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; kystis, bladder](BRYO: Gymnolaemata) An Ascophora cheilostomate withautozooids having gymnocysts as frontal shields.gymnocyte n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; kytos, container] A cell withno cell wall. see lepocyte.gymnodomous a. [Gr. gymnos, bare; L. domus, house] (AR-THRO: Insecta) Pertaining to nests, especially <strong>of</strong> socialwasps lacking an envelope. see calyptodomous.gymnogastra n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; gaster, stomach] Havingthe venter or belly visible. see cryptogastra.Gymnolaemata, gymnolaemates n.; n.pl. [Gr. gymnos,bare; laimos, throat] Largest class <strong>of</strong> mainly marine Bryozoaprimatively cylindrical, but most commonly flattenedand lozenge-shaped, with a circular lophophore and lackingan epistome.gymnoparia n.; pl. -ariae [Gr. gymnos, bare; pareion, cheek](ARTHRO: Insecta) In scarabaeoid larvae, that part <strong>of</strong> theparia without bristles posterior to the acroparia and betweenthe acanthoparia and chaetoparia.gymnopterous a. [Gr. gymnos, bare; pteron, wing] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Lacking scales on wings.gynaecoid see gynecoidgynaecomorphic male see gynecanergynaecophoral canal (PLATY: Trematoda) A longitudinal infoldedgroove in the ventral surface <strong>of</strong> male schistosomeflukes where the female usually resides.

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