DeCS

Descriptor English:

Sea Urchins

Descriptor Spanish:

Erizos de Mar

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	erizos de mar
Scope note:	Equinodermos algo aplanados y globulares, que poseen conchas calcáreas finas y frágiles. Sirven como modelos para el estudio de la FERTILIZACIÓN y el DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ouriços-do-Mar

Descriptor French:

Echinoidea

Entry term(s):

Clypeasteroida
Clypéasteroïdes
Dollar des sables
Dollars des sables
Oursins
Échinides
Échinoïdes

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.408.578

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012617

Scope note:

Somewhat flattened, globular echinoderms, having thin, brittle shells of calcareous plates. They are useful models for studying FERTILIZATION and EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT.

Annotation:

general; prefer specifics; sea urchin eggs = OVUM (IM) + SEA URCHINS (NIM) if merely test organism

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

12999

Unique ID:

D012617

NLM Classification:

QL 384.E2

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1972/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01