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Definition of Ectoproct
1. Noun. Sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
Definition of Ectoproct
1. Noun. a microscopic sessile moss-like aquatic animal (having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles), forming a colony ¹
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Definition of Ectoproct
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectoproct
Literary usage of Ectoproct
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Sketch of calcareous skeletal box of single ectoproct individual, about 0.5 mm
long, separated from a colony of thousands of similar, adjoining individuals. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"There is some reason for believing however that the ectoproct larva belongs to
the trochophore type, and that the following parts of the two may be ..."
3. Introduction to Zoology: A Guide to the Study of Animals, for the Use of by Charles Benedict Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty Davenport (1900)
"Bugula turrita, a marine ectoproct. A colony, magnified 1.5 diams. ... a fresh-water
ectoproct, magnified 1.5 diams. Photo, of living animal by ..."
4. Observations on budding in paludicella and some other bryozoa by Charles Benedict Davenport (1891)
"Two changes lead^to the ectoproct stage: first, the closure of the tentacular
corona posteriorly in front of the anus (Plate V. Fig. ..."
5. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... the segmentation is incomplete, and gastrula is formed by delamination.
The larva bears a striking resemblance to that of ectoproct Polyzoa. ..."
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