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COMPENSATRIX [5 records]

Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[It is a] membranous sac beneath the frontal wall of many cheilostome [bryozoans] for regulating hydrostatic pressure within the zooecium and thus providing for movement of the polypide outward and inward ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Il s'agit d'un] petit sac membraneux placé dans la cellule. Il se remplit d'eau lorsque le lophophore sort de la zoécie [du Bryozoaire]. Il s'ouvre à l'extérieur par l'ascopore [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is a] median small opening in the frontal wall of some cheilostomes [bryozoans] leading to the compensatrix, located proximally with reference to the aperture...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit d'un] pore frontal servant d'orifice à la compensatrice [de certains Bryozoaires].

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is a] fissure or small cleft at [the] proximal edge of [an] orifice in some [bryozoans], serving as opening to the compensatrix(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit de la] languette postérieure observée sur certains opercules [de Bryozoaires.]

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[It is] part of [the] operculum in cheilostomes on [the] proximal side of cardelles, serving for closure of the vanna(part of orifice opening into compensatrix.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Il s'agit de la] portion inférieure (proximale) de l'apertura [de certains Bryozoaires.]

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[The spiramen is a] Median pore in [the] frontal wall on [the] proximal side of [a bryozoan] orifice(...), serving as passage to the compensatrix(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Un spiramen est un] Orifice ouvert dans la péristomie [d'un Bryozoaire] au-dessus de l'opercule (...)

Spanish

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