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Bryozoa  

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  • Animal, Moss
  • Animals, Moss
  • Moss Animal
  • Moss Animals
  • Zoophyte
  • Zoophytes

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  • a phylum of tiny aquatic colonial animals; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted

Scope note

  • A phylum of small sessile aquatic animals living as small tufted colonies. Some appear like hydroids or corals, but their internal structure is more advanced. Most bryozoans are matlike, forming thin encrustations on rocks, shells, or kelp. (Storer & Stebbins, General Zoology, 6th ed, p443)

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