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frustule
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frustule [′frəs‚chül]
(invertebrate zoology)
The shell and protoplast of a diatom.
A nonciliated planulalike bud in some hydrozoans.
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The diatomite in Leekovo mire and Torvala is an exception, consisting almost entirely of diatomic frustules (Thomson 1937).
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Because filter-feeding zooplankton are concerned only with the size of their food and graze phytoplankton almost indiscriminately, indigestible coccoliths and diatom frustules are concentrated in their fecal pellets.
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