Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bryozoans form colonies consisting of clones called zooids that are typically about 0.5 mm (1 ⁄ 64 in) long. [18] Phoronids resemble bryozoan zooids but are 2 to 20 cm (1 to 8 in) long and, although they often grow in clumps, do not form colonies consisting of clones. [19]
Statoblast of Plumatella repens. Statoblasts are a means to reproduce asexually by a method that is unique among bryozoans and enables a colony's lineage to survive the variable and uncertain conditions of freshwater environments. [1]
A gonozooid is any of the reproductive individuals of tunicate, bryozoan, or hydrozoan colonies that produce gametes. [1] [2] Gonozooids may play a role in labour division [3] or in alternation of generations. [4] A gonozooid typically has hardly any other function than reproduction, amounting to little more than a motile gonad.
Here's what to know about the bryozoan in Ohio. It could actually a colony of small animals. Meet the bryozoan, the mysterious, microscopic animal living in Ohio's bodies of water
Membranipora membranacea colonies consist of individual organisms called zooids, each with a chitinous exoskeleton which is secreted by the epidermis. [6] This exoskeleton, hardened with calcium carbonate, is known as the zooecium, which not only serves to protect the internal structures of the organism, but also keeps the individual permanently attached to the substrate and neighboring zooids ...
Phylactolaemata [1] is a class of the phylum Bryozoa whose members live only in freshwater environments. Like all bryozoans, they filter feed by means of an extensible "crown" of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore, and like nearly all bryozoans (the only known exception being Monobryozoon), they live in colonies, each of which consists of clones of the founding member.
Pectinatella magnifica, the magnificent bryozoan, is a member of the Bryozoa phylum, in the order Plumatellida.It is a colony of organisms that bind together; these colonies can sometimes be 60 centimeters (2 feet) in diameter.
The lophophore (/ ˈ l ɒ f ə ˌ f ɔːr, ˈ l oʊ f ə-/) [1] is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha, and Phoronida, which collectively constitute the protostome group Lophophorata. [2] All lophophores are found in aquatic organisms.