Ectoprocta

[ ek-tuh-prok-tuh ]

noun

1. the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ectoprocta¹

< New Latin, equivalent to Greek ekto- ecto- + -prōkta, neuter plural of -prōktos, adj. derivative of prōktós anus; procto-