stegostomとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

stegostom

1. The posterior (innermost) portion of the stoma (oral cavity) of a nematode.
   • 2006, E. Abebe, István Andrássy, W. Truanspurger, Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy (page 731)

     Stoma tubular or funnel-shaped, with small cheilo- and gymnostom and developed stegostom, the latter with distinct or minute dorsal denticle and often with additional smaller denticles.

   • 2017, Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China (page 53)

     Free-living nematodes, especially of the order Rhabditida, have a stoma composed of three circular, ring-like cuticularized structures: cheilostom, gymnostom, and stegostom.