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Phylum 22, Ectoprocta
Ectoprocta, outside-anus,
Anatomically correct,
Is a name that's almost heinous
To the socially elect;
Yet the name means nothing more
Than outside the lophophore.

A lophophore is a circular or horseshoe-shaped structure of tentacles around the mouth of a bryozoan or brachiopod that is used for capturing food.


This entry is located in the following unit: Zoology Phyla in Poetic Rhyming + (page 2)