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Bryozoa
(redirected from Phylum polyzoa)

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Bryozoa (brī'əzō`ə), name of a phylum, in older systems of classification, that included the invertebrate animals now classified in the phyla Entoprocta Entoprocta (ĕn'təprŏk`tə), animal phylum consisting of small marine organisms living in shallow coastal waters.
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 and Ectoprocta Ectoprocta (ĕk'təprŏk`tə), phylum of sessile, colonial aquatic animals (commonly known as moss animals or oryonzoans).
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. The term bryozoan (or moss animal) is still commonly used for members of the Ectoprocta.

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