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Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) [6] are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary ...
Bugula is a genus of common colonial arborescent bryozoa, often mistaken for seaweed. It commonly grows upright in bushy colonies of up to 15 cm in height. It commonly grows upright in bushy colonies of up to 15 cm in height.
Prasopora, a trepostome bryozoan from the Ordovician of Iowa. This list of prehistoric bryozoans is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the bryozoa which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms.
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.
Bugula neritina (commonly known as brown bryozoan or common bugula) is a cryptic species complex of sessile marine animal in the genus Bugula. [2] It has a practically cosmopolitan distribution , being found in temperate and tropical waters around the world, and it has become an invasive species in numerous locations.
Archimedes is a genus of fenestrate bryozoans with a calcified skeleton of a delicate spiral-shaped mesh that was thickened near the axis into a massive corkscrew-shaped central structure. The most common remains are fragments of the mesh that are detached from the central structure, and these may not be identified other than by association ...
Fenestella is a genus of bryozoans or moss animals, forming fan–shaped colonies with a netted appearance. It is known from the Middle Ordovician to the early Upper Triassic , reaching its largest diversity during the Carboniferous. Many hundreds of species have been described from marine sediments all over the world.
Flustra foliacea is a species of bryozoans found in the northern Atlantic Ocean.It is a colonial animal that is frequently mistaken for a seaweed.Colonies begin as encrusting mats, and only produce loose fronds after their first year of growth.