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Polyzoa

noun
1.
Marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids.  Synonyms: Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa.



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... used by H. M. D. de Blainville about 1834, to designate animals the organs of which were disposed radially about a centre. De Blainville included in his group many unicellular forms such as Noctiluca (see PROTOZOA), sea-anemones, corals, jelly-fish and hydroid polyps, echinoderms, polyzoa and rotifera. T. H. Huxley afterwards restricted the term. He showed that in de Blainville's group there were associated with a number of heterogeneous forms a group of animals characterized by being composed of two layers ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Polyzoa" :   phylum, Bryozoa, bryozoan, Endoprocta, moss animal, phylum Bryozoa, animal kingdom, phylum Entoprocta, polyzoan, phylum Ectoprocta, Ectoprocta, sea mat, sea moss, kingdom Animalia, Entoprocta, Animalia


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