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Bryozoa

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phylum bryozoanoun	marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
polyzoanoun	marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids

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Word	Definition
phylum bryozoanoun	marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
polyzoanoun	marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids
cyclostomatous	(zoology) Of or relating to the Cyclostomata, a group of agnathans that comprises the living jawless fishes: the lampreys and hagfishes.
dictyostelidnoun	Any slime mold of the order Dictyosteliida, which exist either as individual amoebae or aggregated as a pseudoplasmodium.
hydrozoa	(hydrozoans; ) a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water.
ecdysozoa	a group of protostome animals, including Arthropoda (insects, chelicerata (including arachnids), crustaceans, and myriapods), Nematoda, and several smaller phyla.
coccolithophorenoun	Any of many minute mostly marine planktonic biflagellated organisms with brown chromatophores and complex calcareous, less commonly siliceous, shells.
ascidiacea	Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders.
hydrozoannoun	Any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores.
crinoidnoun	One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
octocorallia	(also known as Alcyonaria) a class of Anthozoa comprising over 3,000 speciesWoRMS Database: "Octocorallia Tree": https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=browser&id=1292#focus of marine organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry.
radiolariannoun	Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.
oligochaeta	a subclass of soft-bodied animals in the phylum Annelida, which is made up of many types of aquatic and terrestrial worms, including all of the various earthworms.
gastropoda	Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
terrestrial mollusc	Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine molluscs.
brown algae	(: alga) a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae.
cnidarianoun	cnidarian
choanoflagellatenoun	(biology) Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
physalianoun	Any organism of the genus Physalia.
aquatic macroinvertebrates	insects in their nymph and larval stages, snails, worms, crayfish, and clams that spend at least part of their lives in water.