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WATER EXPULSION VESICLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

Osmoregulatory organelle of protozoa and sponges.

CONT

Freshwater sponges and protozoans, such as amoebas and Paramecium, possess water-pumping organelles called contractile vacuoles or water expulsion vesicles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
CONT

La vacuole pulsatile sert, avant tout, de pompe osmotique et rejette l'eau qui a été absorbée par le cytoplasme hypertonique ou celle qui a pénétré dans la cellule au moment de l'ingestion des proies [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esponjas, hidrozoarios y medusas
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