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SYCONE [2 records]

Record 1 2014-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

The fruit of a fig, consisting of an entire ripened inflorescence with a hollow, inverted receptacle bearing flowers internally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Chez les Ficus [figuiers], les minuscules fleurs sont enfermées à l'intérieur de l'axe de l'inflorescence en forme de coupe, formant un sycone qui s'ouvre par une étroite ostiole.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A sponge or sponge larva in which separate flagellated chambers open directly (without the intervention of exhalant canals) into a central cloaca lined with pinacoderm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) dans le type [d'éponge] sycone (...), on ne (...) trouve [les choanocytes] que dans des corbeilles vibratiles, chambres apparaissant comme des diverticules latéraux de la cavité pseudo-gastrique (...)

Spanish

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