Planteome: Term Details for "dinoflagellate sulcus" (GO:0097612)

Accession: GO:0097612
Name: dinoflagellate sulcus
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: longitudinal furrow, longitudinal groove, sulcus
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cell surface furrow that occurs on the ventral side of a dinoflagellate cell. It partially houses the longitudinal flagellum. The sulcus intersects with the cingulum on the ventral side of a dinoflagellate cell. Source: Wikipedia:Dinoflagellate#Morphology, ISBN:0632009152, GOC:at, http://tolweb.org/Dinoflagellates/2445, http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Phyl_Dinofl_Glossary.htm
Comment: The term name refers to a taxonomic group to make the label unique with respect to similarly-named anatomical structures. Also, the ventral (front) side of a dinoflagellate cell is the one where the sulcus is located (as opposed to the dorsal (back) side).
History: See term history for GO:0097612 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to dinoflagellate sulcus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to dinoflagellate sulcus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for dinoflagellate sulcus.
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