noun
- A phylum of small, aquatic animals with a U-shaped digestive tract and a crown of tentacles around the mouth; also called kamptozoa.
Usage: plural form; singular is endoproct; zoology; also spelled entoprocts
Examples
- Endoprocts are tiny marine organisms found attached to rocks and seaweed.
- The phylum Endoprocts includes fewer than 200 known species.
- Endoprocts use their tentacles to filter food from the water.
- Scientists study endoprocts to understand early animal evolution.
- Most endoprocts are colonial, living in groups on hard surfaces.