sclerodermiten.
/sklɪərəʊˈdəːmʌɪt/ One of the hard bodies of which the skeleton of Crustacea is composed; also, one of the hard skeletal parts in certain Actinozoans.
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 308 The sides only being strengthened by calcareous plates extending inwards from the dorsal hard skeletal element, or sclerodermite.
1884 A. Sedgwick & F. G. Heathcote tr. C. Claus Elem. Text-bk. Zool.: Protozoa to Insecta i. 231 In all cases definite calcareous bodies, the sclerodermites, form the foundation of the skeleton.
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