pinacoderm

English

Noun

pinacoderm (plural pinacoderms)

  1. The outermost layer of cells (pinacocytes) in the phylum Porifera (sponges), equivalent to the epidermis, and characterized as an epithelial layer of flattened cells.

References
  • General Zoology Laboratory Guide, Fourteenth edition, 2005

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