Ectoprocta
[ek-tuh-prok-tuh] /ˌɛk təˈprɒk tə/
noun
1.
the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
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