Ectoprocta n. pl. : An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.Example:Taxonomybryozoans, zooids, colonies, species, tentacles, lophophore, body wall, phylum Bryozoa, coelom, animals, zooid, larvae, mouth, phylum, marine bryozoans, polypide, exoskeletons, freshwater species.Defination from the web:... named Entoprocta, while the original "Bryozoa" were given the name "Ectoprocta". However "Bryozoa" has remained more widely used than "Ectoprocta" ... The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) based on combined analyses of nuclear and mitochondrial genes" ...
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