Definition of Bryozoas. Meaning of Bryozoas. Synonyms of Bryozoas

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Definition of Bryozoas

Bryozoa
Bryozoa Bry`o*zo"a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? moss + ? animal.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa. Note: They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema.

Meaning of Bryozoas from wikipedia

- Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in...
- with a calcified frontal shield, define ascophoran bryozoa. "GLOSSARY FOR THE BRYOZOA". www.bryozoa.net. Retrieved 12 December 2015. ****, Matthew; Lidgard...
- Paleocene. Cook, P.L. & Chimonides, P.J. 1987. Recent and fossil Lunulitidae (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata), 7. Selenaria maculata (Busk) and allied species from Australasia...
- Tentaculata are a Lophotrochozoan clade consisting of the Brachiozoa and the Bryozoa. They have a lophop****. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that lophophorates...
- Lophotrochozoa includes the molluscs, annelids, brachiopods, nemerteans, bryozoa and entoprocts. The molluscs, the second-largest animal phylum by number...
- Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Bryozoa class: Gymnolaemata Order: Ctenostomatida Family: Alcyonidiidae Genus:...
- Alysidium may refer to: Alysidium (bryozoan), a genus of bryozoas in the family Alysidiidae Alysidium (fungus), a genus of fungi in the family Botryobasidiaceae...
- There are 100 species of Bryozoa (moss animals) recorded in Ireland. Reptadeonella violacea Aetea anguina Aetea truncata Pentapora fascialis Schizomavella...
- The following is a list of the classes in each phylum of the kingdom Animalia. There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different...
- the most recent research, the three phyla Cycliophora, Entoprocta and Bryozoa makes up a single clade and are the first to branch off from the other...