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  • Eurystomella bilabiata, a moss animal from the Order Cheilostomata.
    moss animal
    / Size range and diversity of structure

    …the digestive tract—are called the polypide.

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    …the digestive tract—are called the polypide.

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  • Eurystomella bilabiata, a moss animal from the Order Cheilostomata.
    moss animal
    / Zooids

    The polypide degenerates periodically during the lifetime of a zooid, and a compact mass, called a brown body, frequently remains in its place. A new polypide soon differentiates from living cells of the cystid.

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    The polypide degenerates periodically during the lifetime of a zooid, and a compact mass, called a brown body, frequently remains in its place. A new polypide soon differentiates from living cells of the cystid.

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