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ZOARIUM [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1983-08-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Zoology
- Paleontology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- dorsal
1, record 1, English, dorsal
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- back 1, record 1, English, back
correct
- reverse 1, record 1, English, reverse
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[The] side of [a bryozoan] zooecium opposite that having the frontal wall and aperture, or [the] side of [the] zoarium opposite that bearing [the] apertures [is the distal side] 1, record 1, English, - dorsal
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Zoologie
- Paléontologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- dorsal
1, record 1, French, dorsal
correct, adjective
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Qualité de la] face du zoarium [d'un Bryozoaire], opposée à celle portant les ouvertures zoéciales. 1, record 1, French, - dorsal
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1977-08-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- nervus
1, record 2, English, nervus
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[It is a] longitudinal threadlike structure on [the] front or back side of [a] zoarium in some cyclostome [bryozoans] 1, record 2, English, - nervus
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- nervis
1, record 2, French, nervis
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Il s'agit d'une de plusieurs] petites crêtes se rencontrant sur la dorsale de certains [Bryozoaires] Cyclostomes. 1, record 2, French, - nervis
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1977-08-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- nematopore
1, record 3, English, nematopore
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- accessory cell 1, record 3, English, accessory%20cell
correct
- interstitial cell 1, record 3, English, interstitial%20cell
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[It is a] very slender tubular kenozooecium opening on [the] dorsal side of [the] zoarium with [the] axis of [the] tube directed obliquely upward(distally). 1, record 3, English, - nematopore
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- nématopore
1, record 3, French, n%C3%A9matopore
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Il s'agit d'un de plusieurs] tubes accessoires à orifice oblique, opposés aux tubes zoéciaux [chez les Bryozoaires] 1, record 3, French, - n%C3%A9matopore
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1977-08-21
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- Heterotrypidae
1, record 4, English, Heterotrypidae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Bryozoans of this family have a] Zoarium typically erect flabellate but also incrusting to massive. Zooecia [are] angular with straight diaphragms and no cystiphragms; walls [are] fused but retaining [a] light-colored dotted or lined central band. Mesopores [are] few; acanthopores [are] well defined, commonly large(...) "Ord.-Dev. ". 1, record 4, English, - Heterotrypidae
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- Heterotrypidae
1, record 4, French, Heterotrypidae
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les Bryozoaires de cette famille ont un] Zoarium de forme variable (...), [des] Zoécies polygonales, [des] Mésopores et acanthopores présents [des] diaphragmes droits (pas de cystiphragmes). Les parois des zoécies sont soudées, mais les autozoides gardent leur individualité (...). Ordovicien-Dévonien. 1, record 4, French, - Heterotrypidae
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1977-08-21
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- mature region
1, record 5, English, mature%20region
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[It is the] external part of [a bryozoan] zoarium characterized by thick zooecial walls, relative abundance of diaphragms, and common occurrence of kenozooecial structures(mesopores, acanthopores), vesicular coenosteum between zooecia, or dense interzooecial stereome(...) 1, record 5, English, - mature%20region
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- zone mûre
1, record 5, French, zone%20m%C3%BBre
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- zone périphérique 1, record 5, French, zone%20p%C3%A9riph%C3%A9rique
correct
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les zoécies de Bryozoaires] sont prismatiques ou cylindriques. Les tubes ne sont pas poreux. Ils sont différenciés et constituent deux régions distinctes: une zone axiale ou "immature" (...) et une zone périphérique épaisse ou "mûre où les parois sont épaisses et les diaphragmes abondants. Dans cette dernière zone se développent (...) les "mésopores" (...) et les "acanthopores" (...) 1, record 5, French, - zone%20m%C3%BBre
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1977-08-21
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- immature region
1, record 6, English, immature%20region
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[A] basal or internal part of [the] zoarium characterized by thinness of [the] zooecial walls and relative sparseness or absence of transverse structures(diaphragms, cystiphragms, hemiphragms) in them, as well as by absence of kenozooecial structures [typically developed in some bryozoans]. 1, record 6, English, - immature%20region
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- zone immature
1, record 6, French, zone%20immature
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- zone axiale 1, record 6, French, zone%20axiale
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les zoécies [de bryozoaires] sont prismatiques ou cylindriques. Les tubes ne sont pas poreux. Ils sont différenciés et constituent deux régions distinctes : une zone axiale ou «immature», où les diaphragmes sont rares et les parois minces [...] 1, record 6, French, - zone%20immature
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1977-08-20
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- ectocyst
1, record 7, English, ectocyst
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- frontal membrane 1, record 7, English, frontal%20membrane
correct
- outer membrane 1, record 7, English, outer%20membrane
correct
- epitheca 1, record 7, English, epitheca
correct
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[It is a] thin chitinous outermost layer covering [the] zooecium or [the] entire zoarium [of a bryozoan] 1, record 7, English, - ectocyst
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- ectocyste
1, record 7, French, ectocyste
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Il s'agit d'une] mince membrane recouvrant entièrement la zoécie [d'un Bryozoaire] 1, record 7, French, - ectocyste
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1977-08-20
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- firmatopore
1, record 8, English, firmatopore
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[It is a] type of kenozooecium consisting of [a] slender proximally directed tubule on [the] dorsal side of [the] zoarium in some cyclostome [bryozoans] 1, record 8, English, - firmatopore
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- firmatopore
1, record 8, French, firmatopore
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Il s'agit d'un de plusieurs] tubes de renforcement descendants placés sur la dorsale de certains [Bryozoaires] Cyclostomes. 1, record 8, French, - firmatopore
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1977-08-20
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- tergopore
1, record 9, English, tergopore
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[A tergopore is a] type of accessory tube [kenozooecium] on [the] dorsal side of [the] zoarium, as wide as [the] polypide tubes but with [a] polygonal aperture; [it] characterizes some cyclostome [bryozoans] 1, record 9, English, - tergopore
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- tergopore
1, record 9, French, tergopore
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Les tergopores sont des] tubes de renforcement ascendants (...) [chez certains Bryezoaires] 1, record 9, French, - tergopore
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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