polyzoa

(ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊə)

(Animals) a small mosslike aquatic creature

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Noun

polyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids

Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa

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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References in periodicals archive

(1856): A monograph of the fresh-water Polyzoa, including all the known species, both British and foreing.

Fossil associations from the middle and upper Eocene strata of the Pamplona basin and surrounding areas (Navarre, western Pyrenees)

Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum.

Primeros registros del Phylum Bryozoa asociados a habitats artificiales en el Caribe colombiano

The Polyzoa of the Adriatic: a supplement to Professor Heller's "Die Bryozoen des Adriatischen Meeres," 1867, Pt.

Evolutionary and structural diversification of the larval nervous system among marine bryozoans

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