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Bryozoans

      The Bryozoa, also known as 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 of freshwater environments, and a few members of a mostly marine class prefer brackish water. Over 4,000 living species are known. One genus is solitary and the rest colonial. The phylum was originally called "Polyzoa", but this term was superseded by "Bryozoa" in 1831. Another group of animals discovered subsequently, whose filtering mechanism looked similar, was also included in "Bryozoa" until 1869, when the two groups were noted to be very different internally. The more recently discovered group were given the name Entoprocta, while the original "Bryozoa" were called "Ectoprocta". However, "Bryozoa" has remained the more widely used term for the latter group.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryozoa
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6473
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6474
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6475
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6476
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6477
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6478
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6479
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6480
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 JK6481
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 KP359
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 KP267
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 KP277
Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 KP275
Ceramopora Hall, 1851 BL7
Ceramopora Hall, 1851 BL8
Diplotrypa petropolitana XA90
Fenestella bohemica JH282
Fenestella bohemica JH297
Fenestella exilis JH301
Fenestella exilis JH290

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