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Phoronid vs Epistome - What's the difference?

phoronid | epistome |

As nouns the difference between phoronid and epistome

is that phoronid is any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida; the horseshoe worms while epistome is a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.

phoronid

English

Noun

(wikipedia phoronid) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animals of the phylum Phoronida; the horseshoe worms

    • epistome

    English

    Alternative forms

    * epistoma

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids
  • a plate in front of the mouth of some types of crustacean

    • References

    * Allaby, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. pg 167. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.

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