bryozoan

• 苔藓虫，一类营固着生活的水生无脊椎动物，群体呈苔藓状，由许多微小个体组成，每个个体具有带触手的冠部；常附着于岩石或藻类上，通过出芽繁殖。

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.

1. Aquatic colonial animalC2formalscientific

   A small, sessile aquatic invertebrate that forms moss-like colonies of tiny polyps, each with a lophophore (a crown of tentacles) used for filter feeding. They attach to hard surfaces like stones, shells, or seaweed and reproduce by budding.

   苔藓虫

   • The bryozoan colony on the rock looked like a delicate, branching moss.
   • Marine biologists studied the bryozoan's feeding behavior using a microscope.
   • Fossilized bryozoans are common in limestone deposits from the Paleozoic era.
   • The aquarium's filter system was clogged by a fast-growing bryozoan species.

   同义词ectoproctpolyzoan