Concept information
Preferred term
Bryozoa
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Animal, Moss
- Animals, Moss
- Moss Animal
- Moss Animals
- Zoophyte
- Zoophytes
Note
- 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)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Bryozoa
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sammaleläinten pääjakso
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002013
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