Polyzoa
Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals), are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia. Most marine species live in tropical waters, but a few occur in oceanic trenches, and others are found in polar waters. One class lives only in a variety...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Marine Prickly Pear
speciesPolyzoa opuntia
Polyzoa atlantica
speciesPolyzoa atlantica
Polyzoa exigua
speciesPolyzoa exigua
Polyzoa insularis
speciesPolyzoa insularis
Polyzoa iosune
speciesPolyzoa iosune
Polyzoa minor
speciesPolyzoa minor
Polyzoa nodosa
speciesPolyzoa nodosa
Polyzoa reticulata
speciesPolyzoa reticulata
Polyzoa translucida
speciesPolyzoa translucida
Polyzoa vesiculiphora
speciesPolyzoa vesiculiphora
Polyzoa violacea
speciesPolyzoa violacea
Polyzoa pacifica
speciesPolyzoa pacifica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 379620.