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Bryozoa

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Bry`o`zo´a
n. pl.1.(Zool.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; - called also Polyzoa.
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Noun1.Bryozoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooidsBryozoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
bryozoan, moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss - sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
Ectoprocta, phylum Ectoprocta - coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
Endoprocta, Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta - sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
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By the year 2000, 62% of the substratum at shallow, disturbed sites was covered by encrusting bryozoa (Fig.
Changes in a benthic megafaunal community due to disturbance from ... by Asch, Rebecca G.; Collie, Jeremy S. / Fishery Bulletin
Representatives of some other freshwater Insecta and Mollusca, as well as Hirudinea, Mermithidae, Hydracarina, Gammarus, and Bryozoa were observed seldom and as single individuals.
Meiobenthos of some Estonian coastal lakes/Monede Eesti ... by Timm, Tarmo; Kumari, Margit; Kubar, Kaidi; Sohar, Kadri; Traunspurger, Walter / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology
In Bryozoaires actuels et fossiles: Bryozoa Living and Fossil (Bigey, F.
Cornulitid epibionts on brachiopod shells from the Late Ordovician ... by Zhan, Renbin; Vinn, Olev / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
 
 
 
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