Category: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.