Bryozoa

American  

[brahy-uh-zoh-uh] / ˌbraɪ əˈzoʊ ə /

noun

1. a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.

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Etymology

Origin of Bryozoa

From New Latin, dating back to 1840–50; see origin at bryo-, -zoa

Example Sentences

Carter, "On the identity in structure and composition of the so-called 'seed-like body' of Spongilla with the winter-egg of the Bryozoa, and the presence of starch-granules in each," Ann.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

This extremely graceful form is common on Bryozoa at Woods Hole.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

In the lowest class of this division of the Animal Kingdom there is a group so similar to the Polyps, that, until recently, they have been associated with them,—the Bryozoa.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

With the foraminifera the microscope shows in the chalk a multitude of crushed fragments, largely the prisms which compose bivalve shells, flakes of shells of Terebratula and Rhynchonella, and minute fragments of corals and Bryozoa.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

It is usually present on Campanularian hydroids, but may be found on algæ and Bryozoa.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)