coeloblastula

English

Etymology

From coelo- +‎ blastula.

Noun

coeloblastula (plural coeloblastulas or coeloblastulae)

1. A hollow blastula formed from blastomeres.
   • 2008, Tracey Irene Smart, Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific Polychaete Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) in Coos Bay, OR (page 8)

     Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.

Related terms

• coeloblast
• coeloblastic