Difference between revisions of "brown bodies"
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| − | |definition=1. ([[Annelida]]: Oligochaeta) Spheroidal, ellipsoidal or discoidal masses, free in the coelomic cavities, containing corpuscles or brown debris, setae, cysts of parasites, nematodes and various other foreign bodies. | + | |definition=1. ([[Annelida]]: Oligochaeta) Spheroidal, [[ellipsoidal]] or [[discoidal]] masses, free in the coelomic cavities, containing corpuscles or brown debris, setae, cysts of parasites, [[nematodes]] and various other foreign bodies. |
| − | 2. ([[Bryozoa]]) In Stenolaemata and Gymnolaemata, an encapsulated mass of degenerating cells from the lophophore, gut, muscles and other nonskeletal parts of a zooid, retained in the body cavity or expelled after regeneration of feeding and digestive organs. See also [[brown deposit]]. | + | 2. ([[Bryozoa]]) In [[Stenolaemata]] and [[Gymnolaemata]], an encapsulated mass of degenerating cells from the [[lophophore]], [[gut]], muscles and other nonskeletal parts of a [[zooid]], retained in the [[body cavity]] or expelled after [[regeneration]] of feeding and digestive organs. See also [[brown deposit]]. |
| − | 3. ([[Echinodermata]]: Holothuroidea) Small clumps of amoebocytes, parasites and other ejecta found in the coelom. | + | 3. ([[Echinodermata]]: [[Holothuroidea]]) Small clumps of amoebocytes, parasites and other ejecta found in the [[coelom]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:28, 13 September 2013
brown bodies: 1. (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Spheroidal, ellipsoidal or discoidal masses, free in the coelomic cavities, containing corpuscles or brown debris, setae, cysts of parasites, nematodes and various other foreign bodies.2. (Bryozoa) In Stenolaemata and Gymnolaemata, an encapsulated mass of degenerating cells from the lophophore, gut, muscles and other nonskeletal parts of a zooid, retained in the body cavity or expelled after regeneration of feeding and digestive organs. See also brown deposit.
3. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) Small clumps of amoebocytes, parasites and other ejecta found in the coelom.
