Umiudonge - Umiudonge

Japanese: ウミウドンゲ - うみうどんげ
Umiudonge - Umiudonge

Another name for the marine bryozoan genus Polyptera, which is a member of the Cylindrical Zoo. It was so named because the way it grows on rocks resembles the eggs of the lacewing insect (commonly known as Udonge).

[Konno Kazuhiro]

[Reference] | Bryozoan

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

曲形(きょくけい)動物に属する海産のスズコケムシの別名。岩石などに着生している姿が、昆虫のクサカゲロウの卵(ウドンゲと俗称)に似ているのでこの名がある。

[紺野一碩]

[参照項目] | スズコケムシ

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