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That 'coenocyte' is a term still in regular use is doubtful. Whereas, by contrast, syncytium is a term widely used. Dictionary of Genetics (King et al, p435) discusses syncytium, with no entry for coenocyte. If no or few modern uses of coenocyte can be found, then the page should reflect that. I only have sight of the abstracts, but they are not super-convincing. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The papers "The Proterozoic macrofossil Tawuia as a coenocytic eukaryote and a possible macroalga" and "Tonian carbonaceous compressions indicate that Horodyskia is one of the oldest multicellular and coenocytic macro-organisms", published in 2021 and 2023 respectively, both use the term. Both of these papers are about precambrian organisms rather than modern ones, so the terminology may have changed when it comes to modern biology, and these are the only recent papers I've found so far that use the term. Tourmaline Ctenacanth (talk) 23:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In my field (algae) the term coenobium refers to a colony of defined cell number (cells can be uni- or multinucleate). This is distinct from coenocyte, a single large, multinucleate cell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Algae1fan (talk • contribs) 13:53, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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