hemiphragms

hemiphragms
n. pl. [Gr. hemisys, half; phragma, wall]
(BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata)
Shelf-like skeletal projections into the zooid living chamber alternating from opposite sides of the zooecia; hemiphragms in any single zooid usually comparable in morphology; see hemisepta.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • hemiseptum — n.; pl. hemisepta [Gr. hemisys, half; L. septum, wall] (BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata) Shelf like projections into zooid living chambers; usually on proximal walls, but also in pairs on proximal and distal walls which differ in morphology; see… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • lateral skeletal projections — (BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata) Skeletal structures in living chambers opposite the feeding organs; including hemisepta, hemiphragms, ring septa, mural spines, and skeletal cystiphragms …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”