exochorion
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exochorion (plural exochorions or exochoria)
- The outer layer of the chorion of an insect egg
- 2015 May 1, Yan Wang, Ji Ma, Xinfang Mao, “Development of a Nondestructive Method for Sexing Live Adult Sternoplax souvorowiana (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)”, in Journal of Insect Science[1], volume 15, :
- It is interesting that the egg of S. souvorowiana has a sponge-like exochorion