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Systematics of living and fossil bryozoans; photos; glossary; links; the International Bryozoology Association; some scanned plates from early publications.
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301 Moved Permanently The document has moved here. Apache/2.0.40 Server at _default_ Port 80...Alien life forms? No, just bryozoans! Descriptions with some really interesting photographs.
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Bryozoans Probably the strangest creature in the Connecticut River is Pectinatella magnifica The Blob For inquiries contact Doug Smith This organism is not from outer space, nor is it the result of mutations caused by radioactivity from nuclear power plants; Pectinatella...Introduction to the Bryozoa, otherwise known as the "moss animals."
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Introduction to the Bryozoa Despite the fact that there are about 5000 living species, with several times that number of fossil species, the Bryozoa remain largely unknown to most people. Bryozoans, or moss animals are aquatic organisms, living for the most part in colonies...The Ectoprocts or Bryozoa -- introduction by Biological Sciences at University of Paisley.
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Minor Invertebrate Phyla Phylum Ectoprocta Each member of a colony lives in a chamber secreted by its epidermis, called a zoecium, and consists of a feeding polypide and a case-forming cystid. The polypide includes the lophophore, digestive tract, muscles and nerve centres; the cystid is...Research and links related to the fossil and recent Bryozoa of Australia, their taxonomy, paleobiology, and evolution.
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Rolf Schmidt: Bryozoa Research Page (Taxonomy, Palaeobiology, Databases) E has moved to http oliver.geology.adelaide.edu.au/grad/rschmidt/rschmidt/ see you there!...An article by A. Richard Miller about the fresh-water bryozoan Pectinatella magnifica.
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Moss Animals Invade Lake Cochituate (enter the bryozoan, Pectinatella magnifica The lakeshore beside our home is blessed with a sandy beach, and we've been swimming in its shallows every summer for decades. We watch the fish watching their fish nests, and we clear the junk that floats down from the...