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|etymology=Latin <i>antecedere</i>, to go before
 
|etymology=Latin <i>antecedere</i>, to go before
|definition=([[Bryozoa]]) The first formed colony founding zooid. <i>a.</i> In Stenolaemata and most Gymnolaemata, the zooid formed by metamorphosis of a sexually produced larva. <i>b.</i> In Phylactolaemata, the zooid formed from a statoblast.
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|definition=([[Bryozoa]]) The first formed [[colony]] founding [[zooid]]. <i>a.</i> In [[Stenolaemata]] and most [[Gymnolaemata]], the [[zooid]] formed by [[metamorphosis]] of a sexually [[produced]] [[larva]]. <i>b.</i> In [[Phylactolaemata]], the [[zooid]] formed from a [[statoblast]].
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Revision as of 23:39, 13 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.