mesozoans

mesozoans
n.; n. pl. [Gr. mesos, middle; zoon, animal]
Ciliated, multicellular organisms, endoparasitic in a variety of marine invertebrates; two layered, having no skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, respiratory, or excretory elements.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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