The podocyst is a cuticular patella-shaped stage in the life-cycle of certain scyphopolyps and has been described recently (Chapman, 1968) from the standpoint of anatomy, histochemistry and development. New material has come to hand necessitating a reassessment of the views concerning the formation of this deceptively simple structure.
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David M. F. Chapman (1970) studied this question.
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