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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un animal acuático sésil que forma colonias musgosas de pequeños pólipos, cada uno con una corona curvada o circular de tentáculos; se fijan a piedras o algas y se reproducen por gemación.

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.

   🇪🇸briozoos coloniales sésiles

   Sinónimos: bryozoanectoproct

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