autozooidal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

autozooid +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

autozooidal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of an autozooid
    • 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Ovicell hyperstomial (i.e. prominent), often becoming subimmersed by secondary calcification during ontogeny, completely calcified ectooecium with conspicuous frontal pseudopores, not closed by autozooidal operculum.