Definition of Ectoprocta in English:
Ectoprocta
plural noun ˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈprɒktəˌektəˈpräktə
Zoology another term for Bryozoa
Example sentencesExamples
- In the original description we stated that the Cycliophora are related to Entoprocta / Ectoprocta.
- The internal anatomy is relatively simple, with a U-shaped gut and the anus located outside the ciliated feeding apparatus, a similar arrangement to that found in Ectoprocta and some sessile rotifers.
- Lophophorates include only three known groups, i.e. Phoronida, Ectoprocta and Brachiopoda.
- In our original description the Cycliophora was related to the Entoprocta and Ectoprocta on the basis of ultrastructual research.
- Analyses including a variety of annelids and molluscs do not show Annelida and Mollusca as monophyletic, and the Ectoprocta are usually polyphyletic too.
Derivatives
noun
Zoology The body, similar to the zooid of ectoprocts and entoprocts, comprises a cupulate section with a robust attachment.
Example sentencesExamples
- A number of groups, such as phoronids, ectoprocts and entoprocts, bear horseshoe-shaped tentacle rings and ‘U’ shaped digestive tracts.
- The ciliary sieving method of the ectoprocts (gymnolaemates and stenolaemates) seems to be unique in the animal kingdom.
- The group Lophophorata contains three animal phyla - brachiopods, phoronids, and ectoprocts - all of which bear a ciliated, tentacular feeding apparatus called a lophophore.
- The position of the ectoprocts is uncertain, but nothing in their morphology indicates deuterostome affinities.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from ektos 'outside or external' + prōktos 'anus'.