Paludicella

noun

Pa·​lu·​di·​cel·​la

pəˌlüdəˈselə

: a genus of ectoproctous bryozoans comprising a number of freshwater colonial forms that construct delicate branching tubes with club-shaped zooids and no statoblasts

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from paludi- + cella cell

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