Bryozoa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From bryo- +‎ -zoa. === Pronunciation === English: (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbɹɑɪ.əˈzəʊ.ə/ === Proper noun === Bryozoa A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Lophotrochozoa – 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 Category: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. PMID 25923521, →DOI