Rhabdopleura

rhabdopleura

(Science: zoology) A genus of marine bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order pterobranchia, or podostomata

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. rabdos a rod _ the side.

Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 551 times.
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link

Login