con·cep·ta·cle

(kən-sĕp′tə-kəl)

One of many specialized hollow chambers containing reproductive structures that appear as dark, dotlike bodies on the surface of receptacles in certain algae and fungi.

[Latin conceptāculum, receptacle, from conceptus, past participle of concipere, to conceive; see conceive.]

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conceptacle

(kənˈsɛptəkəl)

(Biology) a flask-shaped cavity containing the reproductive organs in some algae and fungi

[C17: from Latin conceptāculum receptacle, from concipere to receive, conceive]

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Mesophyllum printzianum previously collected from the same location had dense patches of diatoms in grazing refugia beside protruberances or in sunken conceptacle pore-plates (Fig.

Settlement of abalone (Haliotis iris) larvae in response to five species of coralline algae

Characteristics used for identification included gross morphology; crust texture and thickness; reproductive conceptacle or sori abundance, shape, and size; hypothallus and perithallus cell arrangement and size; and trichocyte field abundance, orientation, and distribution in perithallus.

Articulated coralline algae of the genus amphiroa are highly effective natural inducers of settlement in the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina

This includes conceptacles to evaluate information sources.

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Taxonomic features used for identification included type of cell connections (fusions and secondary pits), thallus organization, presence/absence and position of mega cells (trichocytes), and characteristics of the reproductive structures (conceptacles) (Appendix Table A1; Appendix Figs.

Effects of ocean acidification on population dynamics and community structure of crustose coralline algae

Plastino EM, Oliveira E (2002) Gracilaria birdiae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) a new species from the tropical South American Atlantic with a terete frond and deep spermatangial conceptacles. Phycologia 41: 389-396.

Morpho-anatomical characterization of hydropuntia usneoides (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) for the Venezuelan coast/Caracterizacion morfoanatomica de Hydropuntia usneoides (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) para la Costa Venezolana/Caracterizacao morfoanatomica de Hydropuntia usneoides (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) para a costa Venezuelana

Tetrasporangial conceptacles are lateral, hemispherical, 200-340 [micro]m in diam., with one pore.

New records of red algae (rhodophyta) for Cabezo reef, National Park Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Gulf of Mexico