Ovicapsule

O`vi`cap´sule


n. 1. (Anat.) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
2. (Zool.) Same as Oötheca.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Note the nodular structures, b) gland with aborted ovicapsule mass (arrow).
(2008), who consider the development of vas deferens, pseudopenis, the convolution of the oviduct and the occurrence of aborted ovicapsules.
16% of females contained compacted ovicapsules inside the gland, forming a brown solid sphere (Fig.
chocolata examined had a vermiform structure called pseudopenis and a continuous vas deferens, followed by 19% females with ovicapsules aborted in the lumen of the capsule gland, corresponding to the last grade in the scale of Rodriguez et al.
An alternative mechanism to reduce intracapsular hypoxia in ovicapsules of Fusitriton oregonensis (Gastropoda).
Possible Mechanisms of Hatching from Egg Capsules in the Gastropods Crepipatella dilatata and Crepipatella peruviana, Species with Different Modes of Early Development
These observations may have been biased by the methodology used by Rodriguez as they were based only on field observations where sampling days did not necessarily coincide with days when ovicapsules were present.
Reproductive biology of the "Copey" snail Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) in Cispata Bay on the Caribbean coast of Colombia