blastosphere
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The earliest one-celled protozoa were probably succeeded by many- celled animals of the type of the blastosphere, and these by gastrula-like organisms.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
The central part of the blastosphere is called the segmentation cavity or blastocoel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
If we compare this with the typical blastosphere of the lower type, we see that it is, as it were, flattened out on the yolk.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Thus, an oval and an elongate egg produce respectively an oval and an elongate blastosphere.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig
The blastosphere of the frog is like what the blastosphere of amphioxus would be, if the future hypoblast cells were enormously larger through their protoplasm being diluted with yolk.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells