Definition of statoblast in English:
statoblast
nounˈstatə(ʊ)blastˈstadəˌblast
Zoology (in bryozoans) a resistant reproductive body produced asexually.
Example sentencesExamples
- Once the valves of the statoblast fall away, the young colonies can be transferred into large aquaria.
- These cell masses, known as statoblasts, remain dormant for some time and can withstand drying and freezing; when conditions are favorable, the statoblasts germinates and forms a new zooid.
- Horse-shoe shaped lophophore… No fossil record except for a few statoblasts (resistant wintering structures) from Quaternary sediments.
- In sorting through the sample, I select out the statoblasts that look like they have begun to swell a bit.
- Genetic changes within freshwater bryozoan populations suggest temporal gene flow from statoblast banks