hypostegal coelom

hypostegal coelom
(BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata)
In Cheilostomata, part of the body cavity separated from the principle body cavity of the zooid; it may communicate with the principle body cavity by pores or remain confluent with it at some point.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • cryptocyst — n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; kystis, bladder] (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) 1. One of the two basic wall morphologies of bryozoans consisting of wholly interior walls, leaving a superficial hypostegal coelom uniting contiguous zooids; see gymnocyst. 2. A… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • hypostegia — see hypostegal coelom …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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