Bryozoa
See also: bryozoa
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Bryozoa
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa – the 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
- Ectoprocta (obsolete or alternative)
- Polyzoa (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (superphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Gymnolaemata, Phylactolaemata, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - classes
References
Bryozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bryozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Bryozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Bryozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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
