polyzoan

A noun referring to a sessile aquatic animal that forms mossy colonies of small polyps, each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; they attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding.

• 🇩🇪Sessiles, im Wasser lebendes Tier, das moosartige Kolonien aus kleinen Polypen bildet, die oft einen Tentakelkranz besitzen, sich an Steinen oder Algen festsetzen und sich durch Knospung vermehren. Bezeichnet meist die Moostierchen (Bryozoa), wird aber auch für bestimmte Hydrozoen verwendet.

1. Sessile aquatic animal C2 formal scientific

   A small, colonial aquatic animal that forms moss-like or branching colonies, typically attached to stones, seaweed, or other surfaces. Each individual polyp has a circular or curved ridge bearing tentacles used for filter feeding.

   • Polyzoans are often found encrusting rocks in tidal pools.
   • The reef was covered in a delicate, lace-like colony of polyzoans.
   • Marine biologists study polyzoans to understand colonial animal evolution.
   • Polyzoans reproduce by budding, creating extensive mossy growths on submerged surfaces.

   🇩🇪Sessiles Wasserlebewesen

   Synonyme: bryozoanectoproct

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