Colonial aquatic invertebrates, often mistaken for coral, in which thousands of genetically identical microscopic individuals (zooids) build a shared calcified or gelatinous skeleton. Bryozoa colonies grow as encrusting sheets, branching tufts or free-living mats on submerged surfaces in both marine and freshwater habitats.
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Wikidata: Bryozoa
Wikidata Q148134, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Bryozoa, Wikipedia
In Group: Minor Animal Phyla, LeadQuote, In Group: Minor Animal Phyla, Lead
The Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies.
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