dististele
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dististele (plural dististeles)
- The distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele.
- Coordinate term: proxistele
- 1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, , →ISSN, →OCLC, page 241:
- The dististele in younger genera is greatly simplified from that of Coleicarpus and appears to function as a flexible buttressing rod to both hold the animal in place (into prevailing currents), as well as, provide a tail surface for locomotion.