acleithral

English

Etymology

a- +‎ cleithral

Adjective

acleithral (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a cleithrum
    • 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139084:
      In the genotype, Lepralia auriculata the acleithral ooecium is marginally covered by a thick imperforate layer of secondary calcification, resulting in a reduced proximal area of exposed pseudoporous ectooecium; the secondary calcification never covers this exposed ectooecium, even in heavily calcified zooids.
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