Bryozoa Animalia Flora and Fauna
Bryozoa Animalia Flora and Fauna
Bryoza means "moss animals" and there are two distinct phyla, the Entoprocta consisting of about 150 species and the Ectoprocta with about 4000. Some are solitary and some colonial and the individual animals superficially resemble corals, though their body structure is quite different. Some colonies are branched and resemble seaweed but others are encrusting, forming mats on the surface of seaweeds or stones.
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Flowers of the Sea: Bryozoans - Photographic study by Jean-Marie Cavanihac of these marine organisms.
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Introduction to the Bryozoa - Introduction to the Bryozoa, otherwise known as the "moss animals."
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Marine Bryozoans in Colour. - Photographic study by Jean-Marie Cavanihac of this fascinating marine group.
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Moss Animals Invade Lake Cochituate - An article by A. Richard Miller about the fresh-water bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica.
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Minor Invertebrate Phyla - Phylum Ectoprocta - The Ectoprocts or Bryozoa -- introduction by Biological Sciences at University of Paisley.
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Bryozoans of Antarctica - Photographs and information from the Underwater Field Guide to Ross Island and McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
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Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: Bryozoans - Species list from the USGS on the nonindigenous bryozoans found in US waters, with factsheets and collection details for each.
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Bryozoans of the West Coast of North America - Large gallery of photographs.
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Bryozoa - Information from Wikipedia on these colonial organisms that make hard skeletons of calcium carbonate, superficially resembling coral.
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Bryozoa Home Page - Systematics of living and fossil bryozoans, photographs, glossary, links, the International Bryozoology Association and some scanned plates from early publications.
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Entoprocta - Information on the classification of these bryozoans with an illustration of part of a colony of Pedicellina.
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Pond Fairies - Photographic study of the freshwater bryozoan, Plumatella repens.
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International Bryozoology Association - This organisation aims to encourage research and promote an exchange of knowledge on Bryozoa. Provides information on the society, membership, news, meetings, research and resources.
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Bryozoans - Alien life forms? No, just bryozoans! Descriptions with some really interesting photographs.
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Ectoprocta (Bryozoans) - Provides biological information on these sessile, colonial suspension feeders with photographs of a Cyphonautes larva and a lacy colony of a species of Triphyllozoon.
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