NOUN
- sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
How To Use ectoproct In A Sentence
- Ectoprocts, phoronids and brachiopods are often dealt with under the heading Tentaculata or Lophophorata, sometimes with entoprocts discussed in the same chapter, for example in Ruppert and Barnes.
- In Ectoprocta there are similar specialized zooids, avacularia, vibracula, and gonozooids.
- The ciliary sieving method of the ectoprocts (gymnolaemates and stenolaemates) seems to be unique in the animal kingdom.
- Freshwater ectoproct bryozoan some info from Wikepedia The blog of Rob Margel - Windows Help
- The body, similar to the zooid of ectoprocts and entoprocts, comprises a cupulate section with a robust attachment.
- His close association of entoprocts and ectoprocts is not supported by molecular data although both groups fall within the Lophotrochozoa clade.
- Nephrops norvegicus, has found a home with Entoprocta and Ectoprocta. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- A number of groups, such as phoronids, ectoprocts and entoprocts, bear horseshoe-shaped tentacle rings and ‘U’ shaped digestive tracts.
- The position of the ectoprocts is uncertain, but nothing in their morphology indicates deuterostome affinities.
- A number of groups, such as phoronids, ectoprocts and entoprocts, bear horseshoe-shaped tentacle rings and ‘U’ shaped digestive tracts.