antimère

antimère

antimère nom masculin Chacune des parties semblables d'une plante (fleurs) ou d'un animal (échinodermes, cnidaires) se répétant par rotation autour d'un axe commun (symétrie radiaire).

antimère [ɑ̃timɛʀ] n. m.
ÉTYM. 1874, → cit.; de 1. anti-, et -mère.
Biol. Élément d'une symétrie rayonnante.
0 Les rayonnés enfin se différencient des trois autres types principaux par la conformation de leurs corps, qui sont munis de quatre ou d'un plus grand nombre de prolongements rayonnés (antimères).
Ch. Letourneau, trad. Haeckel, De la création des êtres organisés, p. 48 (1874).

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