- heterozooid
- Bryoz. гетерозооид
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
heterozooid — n. [Gr. heteros, different; zoon, animal] (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) A specialized zooid that forms stolons, attachment discs, rootlike structures and other such vegetative parts of the colony; a bryozoan, such as an avicularium or a rhizoid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Bryozoa — Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Recent[1] … Wikipedia
vibraculum — n.; pl. vibracula [L. dim. vibrare, to vibrate] (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) A heterozooid with the operculum in the form of a long bristle or seta between pivots, supposedly used to sweep away detritus and settling larvae … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology