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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> 483interspaces n. [L. inter, between; spatium, space] 1. Interveningtime or space. 2. (MOLL) Spaces between costa <strong>of</strong> ashell.interspicular a. [L. inter, between; spiculum, small point]Between spicules.intersterility n. [L. inter, between; sterilis, unfruitful] Crosssterilitybetween groups.intersternite n. [L. inter, between; Gr. sternon, chest] (AR-THRO: Insecta) An intersegmental sclerite, located on theventral side <strong>of</strong> the thorax; the spinasternum.interstices n.pl. [L. interstitium, space between] A narrowspace between the parts <strong>of</strong> a body or things close together;a crack, crevice or chink. interstitial a.interstitial cells (CNID) Small undifferentiated epidermal cellswhich may give rise to cnidoblasts or nematocysts.interstrial a. [L. inter, between; stria, groove] 1. Between twostriae. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) see elytral intervals.intertentacular organ (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) A small ciliatedtube beneath the tentacle bases <strong>of</strong> the lophophore throughwhich fertilized eggs pass to the outside.intertergite n. [L. inter, between; tergum, back] An intersegmentbetween tergites.intertidal zone The area bounded by the high and low tidelines; also known as the littoral.intertrochanteric a. [L. inter, between; Gr. trochanter, runner](ARTHRO) Between trochanters.interval n. [L. inter, between; vallum, a wall] 1. The spacebetween elevations or depressions. see interspace. 2.Distance between points. 3. The time between periods <strong>of</strong>development.interzonal a. [L. inter, between; zona, belt] Connection betweenchromatids during separation at anaphase in mitosis.interzooidal budding (BRYO: Stenolaemata) Budding that occursoutside <strong>of</strong> the living chambers <strong>of</strong> zooids producing abud nonrelated to an individual parent zooid.interzooidal growth (BRYO: Phylactolaemata) Growth <strong>of</strong> a

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