pterobranchia
Pter`o*bran"chi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) Defn: An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
Pter`o*bran"chi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) Defn: An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.