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English
Etymology
From ovum and cell.
Noun
ovicell (plural ovicells)
- (zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.
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