sea-matn. a polyzoan of the family Flustridæ and genus Flustra.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > class Ectoprocta > order Gymnolaemata > suborder Chilostomata > member of family Flustridae
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a1776 J. EllisNat. Hist. Zoophytes (1786) 10Flustra. The Sea Matt.