Bryozoa
See also: bryozoa
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBryozoa
- 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
edit- 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