Found 1 items, similar to Lophopoda.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lophopoda Phylactolaema \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma\, Phylactolaemata \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to guard + ? the gullet.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also {Lophopoda}, and hippocrepians. [1913 Webster] Lophopoda \Lo*phop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Phylactolemata. [1913 Webster]