Difference between revisions of "ancestrula"

Revision as of 14:27, 10 September 2013 (view source) Andreas Plank (Talk | contribs)	Revision as of 14:27, 10 September 2013 (view source) Andreas Plank (Talk | contribs) m (1 revision: noun simple (largest file 2.4MB)) Newer edit →
(No difference)

---

Revision as of 14:27, 10 September 2013

ancestrula (noun; Latin antecedere, to go before): (Bryozoa) The first formed colony founding zooid. a. In Stenolaemata and most Gymnolaemata, the zooid formed by metamorphosis of a sexually produced larva. b. In Phylactolaemata, the zooid formed from a statoblast.