What Does Zoarial Mean?

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Noun, Plural Zo·ar·i·a, Zo·ar·i·ums. Biology. a Collection of Distinct, Individual Zooids Zooids a Zooid or Zoöid /ˈZoʊ. Ɔɪd/ Is a Single Animal That Is Part...

What Does Zoarial Mean?

noun, plural zo·ar·i·a, zo·ar·i·ums. Biology. a collection of distinct, individual zooids

zooids
A zooid or zoöid /ˈzoʊ. ɔɪd/ is a single animal that is part of a colonial animal. This lifestyle has been adopted by animals from separate unrelated taxa. Zooids are multicellular; their structure is similar to that of other solitary animals.
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that make up a compound or colonial organism. the supporting structure for a polyp colony; polyzoarium.

What is Zoarium?

: a colony of colonial bryozoans.

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How does a Zoarium develop?

In living Bryozoa, each colony comprises a number of minute individuals (zooids) each with a crown of tentaclesprotrusible through an orifice and a body that is permanently attached within the exoskeleton. ... Bryozoan zoaria increase by asexual zooidal budding, secreting zooecia which are normally contiguous.

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