ancestrula

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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.
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