polyzoa


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polyzoa

(ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊə)
n
(Animals) a small mosslike aquatic creature
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Noun1.polyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooidspolyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
bryozoan, moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss - sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
Ectoprocta, phylum Ectoprocta - coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa
Endoprocta, Entoprocta, phylum Entoprocta - sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
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(1856): A monograph of the fresh-water Polyzoa, including all the known species, both British and foreing.
Fossil associations from the middle and upper Eocene strata of the Pamplona basin and surrounding areas (Navarre, western Pyrenees)
Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum.
Primeros registros del Phylum Bryozoa asociados a habitats artificiales en el Caribe colombiano
The Polyzoa of the Adriatic: a supplement to Professor Heller's "Die Bryozoen des Adriatischen Meeres," 1867, Pt.
Evolutionary and structural diversification of the larval nervous system among marine bryozoans

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