Basal rod


basal rod

basal rod n.
See costa.
Historical Examples

But in the Eutympanida both rings exhibit one simple gate only, the apical and the basal rod of the sagittal ring being lost.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Ernst Haeckel

The distance of the shell-wall from the enclosed ring is usually least on the basal rod, and greatest on the dorsal rod.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Ernst Haeckel

These forms may be derived from Eucoronis by loss of the basal rod of the primary sagittal ring.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Ernst Haeckel

The former are one upper bow or apical rod, and one lower bow or basal rod.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Ernst Haeckel

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