heterovalvate

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ valvate.

Adjective

heterovalvate (not comparable)

1. Having different (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)
   • 2015 October 21, “Auxosporulation in Paralia guyana MacGillivary (Bacillariophyta) and Possible New Insights into the Habit of the Earliest Diatoms”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Filaments up to 32 cells long were observed, capped with live heterovalvate end-cells where each possessed one of the initial valves.