diastopora

[Gr. diasto, in compos.= opened, put asunder, from diastello to put asunder, to open, and poros a pa age] Zool .: A genus of Polyzoa, or Bryozoa, the typical one of the family Diastoporide. The encrusting cœnæcium is discoidal, and more or le eccentric in its mode of growth. and fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] IMG:content-2428.png:[blocks in formation] ironical manner.