Definition of Ectocyst. Meaning of Ectocyst. Synonyms of Ectocyst

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Definition of Ectocyst

Ectocyst
Ectocyst Ec"to*cyst, n. [Ecto- + Gr. ? bladder.] (Zo["o]l.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

Meaning of Ectocyst from wikipedia

- ciliated protists is composed of four layers, ectocyst, mesocyst, endocyst, and the granular layer. The ectocyst is the outer layer and contains a plug-like...
- are also uninucleated, possessing three walls: an outer thin irregular ectocyst, an inner thick endocyst, and a middle amorphous fibrillar mesocyst. B...
- to the outer layer of the developing cyst, called the ectocyst. Once attached to the ectocyst, the conical structures are called lepidosomes. After encystment...
- cysts are large for vahlkampfiids, and have numerous pores with a loose ectocyst. The pores are plugged by a pore plug and remain spherical unless in culture...
- Syzygy is frontal or frontolateral. The gametocysts form an epicyst (ectocyst). The epicyst may rupture or dissolve. The sporocysts are released either...