Basal plate
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[Radiolaria Polycystina] See Collar plate.

[Pteropoda] Underside of a radular tooth from which the cusp or dent of the tooth projects (see radula) (Radula teeth). There can be one, two, three, or more cusps on one basal plate, defining unicuspoid, bicuspoid, tricuspoid or multicuspoid teeth.