ovicell
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ovi- + cell, from ovum and cell.
Noun
[edit]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[1], :
- 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.