pinacocyte
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English
Etymology
From pinaco(derm) + -cyte.
Noun
pinacocyte (plural pinacocytes)
- (biology) Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
- 1961, Contributions to Marine Science, University of Wales Marine Science Laboratories, page 3:
- Minchin (1896, 1898, 1908) also concluded that the pinacocytes could leave the dermal epithelium and become calcoblasts in both larva and adult sponge.
- 1992, Martin Rowland, Biology, page 626:
- As you can see in Fig 27.7, sponges have only three types of cells in their bodies: pinacocytes (epithelial cells), choanocytes (collar cells) and amoebocytes (amoeboid cells).
- 2012, T. L. Simpson, The Cell Biology of Sponges, page 570:
- Despite this, in some studies the origin of new pinacocytes is not clear or is disputed (Wilson and Penney, 1930; Borojevic and Lévi, 1965).
Derived terms
- basopinacocyte (cell which adheres to the surface to which the sponge attaches)
- endopinacocyte (cell on the inner surface of a canal of the sponge)
- exopinacocyte (cell on the exterior surface of the sponge)
- pinacocytic