polypide

An individual zoöid of a polyzoarium, or compound polyzoan; the individual organism contained in one of the cells or cups of the ectocyst of a polyzoarium, just as an individual of a compound coralligenous actinozoan is contained in a cup of the polypidom.

One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.

The internal contents of a bryozoan; includes the digestive and muscular systems