- gymnocyst
- Bryoz. гимноцист
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
gymnocyst — n. [Gr. gymnos, bare; kystis, bladder] 1. (BRYOZOA) A simple type of wall morphology that adds exterior walls to the ends of interior walls, thereby separating adjacent zooids that remain in communication through interzooidal pores. gymnocystal… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cryptocyst — n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; kystis, bladder] (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) 1. One of the two basic wall morphologies of bryozoans consisting of wholly interior walls, leaving a superficial hypostegal coelom uniting contiguous zooids; see gymnocyst. 2. A… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology