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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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848Maggenti and Gardnerspongioblasts see spongocytespongiocoel see spongocoelspongioplasm n. [L. spongia, sponge; Gr. plasma, formed ormolded] The a, H, and I bands <strong>of</strong> fibrillar bundles <strong>of</strong> muscles.spongiose a. [L. spongia, sponge] Sponge-like.spongocoel(s) n. [L. spongia, sponge; Gr. koilos, hollow] (PO-RIF) A canal(s) or cavity(ies) that conveys water from theflagellated chambers.spongocyte n. [L. spongia, sponge; Gr. kytos, container] (PO-RIF) A cell that secretes spongin.spontaneous generation Abiogenesis.spoon see bouton, flabellumsporadic a. [Gr. sporas, scattered] Occasional occurrence.sporoblast n. [Gr. spora, seed; blastos, bud] A cell mass thatwill develop into a sporocyst within an oocyst.sporocyst n. [Gr. spora, seed; kystis, bladder] 1. A stage <strong>of</strong>sporozoan development, usually within a protective envelope;the oocyst. 2. (PLATY: Trematoda) An asexual stage<strong>of</strong> development.sporogony n. [Gr. spora, seed; gonos, <strong>of</strong>fspring] The multiplefission <strong>of</strong> a zygote; a sporont.sporont n. [Gr. spora, seed; on, a being] An undifferentiatedcell mass within an oocyst.sporosac n. [Gr. spora, seed; sakkos, bag] (CNID: Hydrozoa)In Siphonophora, gonophores held in place and not releasedinto the water during larval development.sporozoite n. [Gr. spora, seed; zoon, animal] The stage <strong>of</strong> development<strong>of</strong> a sporoblast which has divided and exited theoocyst into the hemocoel and migration begins; the malarialstage found in the salivary glands <strong>of</strong> insects.spout n. [ME. spouten, to vomit] (MOLL: Gastropoda) A rudimentarysiphonal canal.spraing n. [Scot. <strong>of</strong> Scand. origin, sprang, stripe] A brightstreak or stripe.

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