- The
osculum (pl.: oscula) is an
excretory structure in the
living sponge, a
large opening to the
outside through which the
current of
water exits after...
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cylinder communicates outside by
large osculum. The
osculum is
encircled by
oscular fringe. A****ual
reproduction by
regeneration and
budding . Development...
- orator, oratorio, oratory, ****, oscitate, oscitation, osculant,
oscular,
oscularity, osculate, osculation, osculator, osculatory, osculatrix, oscule...
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exposed to air and
brown when
preserved in alcohol. Red
discoloration around oscular openings is
occasionally observed,
possibly due to
symbiotic algae. The...
- of its lobes. The
oscula also have a
transparent iris-membrane, and the
oscular membrane openings have
occasionally been
observed to be compound. One millimeter...
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circular or oval
osculum at its summit; in
perfect individuals a
beautiful oscular fringe is present,
formed of very long, hair-like oxea; in
others this...
