Entoprocta
內肛動物
Bry·o·zo·a n. pl. Zool. A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.
Note: ☞ They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are {Ectoprocta}, {Entoprocta}, and {Pterobranchia}. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema.
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En·to·proc·ta n. pl. Zoöl. A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
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Entoprocta
n : sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa [syn: phylum
Entoprocta, Endoprocta]