Bryozoa
See also: bryozoa
Translingual
Bryozoa colony
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + ζῷα (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
- (English, UK) IPA(key): /ˌbɹɑɪ.əˈzəʊ.ə/
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, Stenolaemata - classes
References
Bryozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bryozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521