primary zooid

primary zooid
(BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata)
In some Cheilostomata, the ancestrula or one to several zooids simultaneously budded after larval metamorphosis; differing from subsequent zooids.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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