单词 | ascon |
释义 | asconn. Zoology. The simplest type of sponge structure, characterized by a tube- or bag-like cavity lined with flagellated cells (choanocytes); a stage in sponge development typified by this structure; a sponge of this type or stage. Frequently attributive. Cf. leucon n., sycon n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [noun] > member of > rhagon ascon1881 leucon1881 rhagon1887 1873 W. S. Dallas tr. E. Häckel in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 11 424 D. IV. Natural system with average extension of the idea of species (in the fourth degree): three families (Ascones, Leucones, Sycones) with 21 genera.] 1881 Jrnl. Royal Miscrosc. Soc. 1 612 The Ascones appear to give rise to the Sycones, as Haeckel has said... It seems probable..that the entire Sycon is the equivalent of the primitive Ascon. 1932 L. A. Borradaile & F. A. Potts Invertebrata iii. 113 The three grades of sponge structure..are known as the ‘Ascon’, ‘Sycon’, and ‘Leucon’ grades. 1968 P. Brian in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. i. i. 3 Throughout its thickness the wall of an ascon is crossed by..large contractile cells, perforated by an intracytoplasmic canal. 2004 J. W. Valentine Origin of Phyla vi. 203 Ascon and sycon architectures are rare, ascons being known only in the class Calcarea. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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