bryozoan

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Definition von bryozoan im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A bryozoon; A member of a bryozoan colony; Pertaining to bryozoa; Aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Bryozoa ("moss animals"), members (called zooids) of which form colonies. Each zooid is a complete and fully organized animal. Species range in size from a one-zooid "colony" small enough (less than 0.04 in., or 1 mm, long) to live between sand particles to colonies that hang in clumps or chains as much as a 1.6 ft (0.5 m) across. The texture of colonies varies from soft and gelatinous to hard with calcium-containing skeletons. Freshwater bryozoans attach primarily to leaves, stems, and tree roots in shallow water. Marine bryozoans have a wide range of habitats, from coastal areas to great ocean depths, but are most common just below the tidemarks. Bryozoans feed by capturing plankton with their tentacles; sessile aquatic animal forming mosslike colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding; Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa; One of the Bryozoa
bryozoans: plural of bryozoan