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glans pe·'nis

[TA]
the conic expansion of the corpus spongiosum that forms the head of the penis.
Synonym(s): balanus
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balanus

An obsolete term for either
(1) Glans penis, or  
(2) Glans clitoridis.
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balanus

(băl′ă-nŭs) [Gr. balanos, glans]
The glans penis or glans clitoridis.
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For Balanus eburneus, muscle tissue from the lower abdomen, including cirri, was sampled.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS YIELD INFORMATION ON NITROGEN SOURCES FOR COASTAL GULF OF MEXICO, NORTH CAROLINA, AND CARIBBEAN SEA INVERTEBRATES, 1850 TO 2004
Clearly allochthonous fauna is also represented by Balanus, red algae and Tarbellastraea.
Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a sand-dominated coastal system of the Upper Miocene of eastern Guadalquivir Basin (south Spain): fossil assemblages, ichnology and taphonomy
The screening of sponge extracts for antifouling activity using a bioassay with laboratory-reared cyprid larvae of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite.
Antifouling activity of twelve demosponges from Brazil/ Atividade anti-incrustante de doze demosponjas do Brasil
Vincent, 1824# - - + Keratella cochlearis Gosse, 1851# - + + Lecane Nitzsch, 1827# - + - Notholca acuminata Ehrenberg, 1832# - - + Philodina Ehrenberg, 1830# - - - Polyarthera dolichoptera Idelson, 1925# - - + Synchaeta Ehrenberg, 1832 + + + Synchaeta stylata Wierzejski, 1893 + - - Synchaeta voraxRousselet, 1902 + - - Testudinella patina Hermann, 1783# - - - Trichocerca Lamarck, 1801# - - + Trichocerca capica Tschugunoff, 1921# - - + Microzooplankton Ciliata: Codonella Haeckel, 1873 - - + Codonella relicta Minikiewich, 1905 - + + Tintinnopsis Stein 1867 - + + Tintinnopsis karajacensis Brandt, 1896 - + - Tintinnopsis tubulosa Levander, 1900 - + + Meroplankton taxa (Mesozooplankton) Arachnida Larvae Cuvier, 1812 + - - Cirripedia: * Balanus sp.
List of zooplankton taxa in the Caspian Sea waters of Iran
Balanus improvisus, to Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Fouling-Release Coatings and Poly(methyl methacrylate) Panels: The Effect of Barnacle Size on Strength and Failure Mode." J.
An improved laboratory reattachment method for the rapid assessment of adult barnacle adhesion strength to fouling-release marine coatings
del Monaco C, Capelo J (2000) Los generos Balanus, Chthamalus y Tetraclita (Crustacea: Cirripeda) en las costas de Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.
Quantitative analisys of fouling diversity associated with roots of Rhizophora mangle L. in La Restinga Lagoon National Park/Cuantificacion de la diversidad de especies incrustantes asociadas a las raices de Rhizophora mangle L. en el Parque Nacional Laguna de la Restinga/Quantificacao da diversidade de especies incrustantes associadas as raizes de Rhizophora mangle L. no Parque Nacional Laguna de la Restinga
The suspension-feeding barnacle Balanus improvisus and the mussel Mytilus trossulus had also relatively high occurrences (30.0% and 32.6%, respectively) and biomasses (41.1 and 13.7 g dw [m.sup.2] respectively) and were distributed over a wide range of depths.
Scale-specific effects of environmental variables on benthic macrophyte and invertebrate communities in the Vaindloo area, the central Gulf of Finland/Abiootilise keskkonna moju pohjataimestiku ja -loomastiku koosluste ruumimustritele Soome lahe keskosas Vaindloo madalal
30TWP10: Arrastraculos, intermareal inferior, 26-V-1998, tetrasporofito, sobre Balanus, Secilla, BIO-Algae 3100; ibidem, intermareal medio, 26-V-1998, esteril, sobre Mesophyllum lichenoides, Secilla, BIO-Algae 3108; ibidem, intermareal inferior, 26V-1998, esteril, pared, sobre Zanardinia prototypus, Secilla, BIOAlgae 3125.
Mapas de distribucion de algas marinas de la Peninsula Iberica y las islas Baleares. XXVIII. Dasya (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta)
Ninety-eight percent of the noncolonial organisms identified in photographs belonged to five extremely abundant taxa: Spirorbis spp., the tubeworm Protula tubularia, the jingle shells Anomia spp., the barnacles Balanus spp., and an unidentified species of burrowing anemones (order Ceriantharia).
Changes in a benthic megafaunal community due to disturbance from bottom fishing and the establishment of a fishery closure

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