Difference between revisions of "mantle"

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|definition=1. Something that enfolds, envelopes or covers.  
 
|definition=1. Something that enfolds, envelopes or covers.  
  
2. ([[Arthropoda]]: Crustacea) In thoracic Cirripedia, membranous covering of the body, often strengthened by calcareous plates.  
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2. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Crustacea]]) In [[thoracic]] Cirripedia, [[membranous]] covering of the body, often strengthened by [[calcareous]] [[plates]].  
  
3. ([[Brachiopoda]]) Prolongation of the body wall as fold of ectodermal epithelium.  
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3. ([[Brachiopoda]]) Prolongation of the [[body wall]] as [[fold]] of [[ectodermal]] [[epithelium]].  
  
4. ([[Bryozoa]]: Phylactolaemata) Ciliated fold of colony wall covering one to four small, sexually produced colony progenitor polypides.  
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4. ([[Bryozoa]]: [[Phylactolaemata]]) Ciliated [[fold]] of [[colony]] wall covering one to four small, sexually [[produced]] [[colony]] [[progenitor]] polypides.  
  
5. ([[Mollusca]]) A membranous covering that secretes the shell; the marginal glands produce the periostracum
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5. ([[Mollusca]]) A [[membranous]] covering that secretes the [[shell]]; the [[marginal]] glands produce the [[periostracum]]
 
|see also=[[pallium]].
 
|see also=[[pallium]].
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 13 September 2013

mantle (noun; Latin mantellum, cloak): 1. Something that enfolds, envelopes or covers.

2. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In thoracic Cirripedia, membranous covering of the body, often strengthened by calcareous plates.

3. (Brachiopoda) Prolongation of the body wall as fold of ectodermal epithelium.

4. (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) Ciliated fold of colony wall covering one to four small, sexually produced colony progenitor polypides.

5. (Mollusca) A membranous covering that secretes the shell; the marginal glands produce the periostracum

See also: pallium.