Sclerodermite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sclerodermite is a noun meaning (zoology) The hard integument of crustaceans.
Meaning
(zoology) The hard integument of crustaceans.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A calcareous support structure, such as that produced by the corals in the Scleractinia order, by sclerosponges, and by some sea cucumbers.
Example Sentences
The same is true of the sclerodermites of Holothuroidea but it is not true of other echinoderm microfossils, such as echinoid pedicellariæ and microcrinoids.
Observations made during microprobe analysis and with SEM indicate that calcitized sclerodermite centers are concentrated in horizons parallel to growth banding.
In fact each zoonite in turn is formed of several distinct parts or sclerodermites, which also, by welding together, produce arrests of development and atrophied members.
The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.
Word Forms
- sclerodermites
Synonyms for sclerodermite
Depending on context, synonyms include sclerenchyma.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sclerite, scleritome, sclerenchyma, sclerocarpy, sclere, coxopleurite.
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