Bryozoa
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See also: bryozoa
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bryozoa
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa – bryozoans or moss animals, small aquatic invertebrate filter-feeding animals, almost all of which are colonial, both the individuals and the colonies taking many forms.
Synonyms
[edit]- Ectoprocta (obsolete or alternative)
- Polyzoa (obsolete)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (superphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
[edit]- (phylum): Gymnolaemata, Phylactolaemata, Stenolaemata - classes
References
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Bryozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bryozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Bryozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
