ectoproct


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ectoproct

(ˈɛktəʊˌprɒkt)
n, adj
(Animals) another word for bryozoan
[from ecto- + -proct, from Greek prōktos rectum]
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Noun1.ectoproct - sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles
invertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
Ectoprocta, phylum Ectoprocta - coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
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Finding 12 ectoproct bryozoan species (2 classes, 6 families) in a relatively limited three-county area in northwest Indiana was unexpected.
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Experimental culture of the estuarine ectoproct Conopeum tenuissimum from Chesapeake Bay.
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However, ectoproct coronate and cyphonautes larvae show some interphyletic variety and may either have one pair of serotonergic cells in the apical organ or a nerve ring, or both (Pires and Woollacott, 1997; Shimizu et al, 2000; Wanninger et al., 2005b; Wanninger, 2008; Table I).
Shaping the things to come: ontogeny of lophotrochozoan neuromuscular systems and the Tetraneuralia concept
Distribution and ecology of estuarine ectoprocts: a critical review.
Primeros registros del Phylum Bryozoa asociados a habitats artificiales en el Caribe colombiano
Moreover, molluscs and annelids form a clade with brachiopods, phoronids, and nemerteans, with ectoprocts more distantly related, but exact relationships between these taxa tend to vary based on the data and analytical approaches used (Kocot, 2013; Struck et al., 2014).
Repurposed transcriptomic data facilitate discovery of innate immunity toll-like receptor (TLR) genes across lophotrochozoa

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