Category:Phylactolaema

Phy*lac`to*læ"ma, phy*lac`to*læ"ma*ta, n. pl. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.