Statoblasts are a means to reproduce asexually by a method that is unique among bryozoans and enables a colony`s lineage to survive the variable and uncertain conditions of freshwater environments. Statoblasts are masses of cells that function as `survival pods` rather like the gemmules of sponges. Statoblasts form on the funiculus (cord) conne......
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(from the article `dormancy`) ...dispersed by wind or carried by animals. Thus, the cyst serves not only for survival of the egg under adverse conditions but also for dispersal. ... ...is formed there, then liberated. Phylactolaemates also produce statoblasts, which develop on the funiculus, a cord of tissue that links the ... [2 rel...
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(in certain bryozoans) an asexually produced group of cells encased in a chitinous covering that can survive unfavorable conditions, as freezing or drought, and germinate to produce a new colony.
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