statoblast

American  

[stat-uh-blast] / ˈstæt əˌblæst /

noun

Zoology.

1. (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.

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statoblast British  

/ ˈstætəʊˌblɑːst /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of statoblast

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

Example Sentences

The method of branching, the coloration of the zoœcia and the form of the free statoblast are all characteristic.

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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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B. Processes entirely surrounding the statoblast; many zoaria embedded in a common gelatinous investment so as to form large compound colonies Pectinatella, p. 235.

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Three species of Lophopodella, all of which occur in Africa, have been described; L. capensis from S. Africa, which has the ends of the statoblast greatly produced, L. thomasi from Rhodesia, in which they are distinctly concave, and L. carteri from E. Africa, India and Japan, in which they are convex or truncate.

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