Noun
The word is derived from bryozoan
A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCupuladriid Bryozoa are capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction. Source: Internet
Instead, it concluded that brachiopods and phoronids formed a monophyletic group, but bryozoans (ectoprocts) were closest to entoprocts, supporting the original definition of "Bryozoa". Source: Internet
Once a Bryozoa settles on a hard substance, after its larval phase, it is physically capable of reproducing asexually through budding. Source: Internet
The Bryozoa, known as "moss animals", currently contain about 5,000 known species. Source: Internet