choanoblast

English

Etymology

choano- +‎ -blast

Noun

choanoblast (plural choanoblasts)

1. An immature choanocyte.
   • 1977, Earl D. Hanson, The Origin and Early Evolution of Animals, page 436:

     Anteriorly there are the flagellated cells, which will later form the choanosome—these are the choanoblasts—and posteriorly there are the future ectomesenchymal cells, or the ectoblasts.