BRYOZOA
(bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Class 15 subtaxa 105 images 10 ident. refs
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Class 3 subtaxa 7 images 4 ident. refs
Class 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
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Unidentified 3 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumBRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN) www.marlin.ac.uk/gallerycategory.php?gcatid=8
Allman, G.J. 1856 *** A Monograph of the Fresh-water Polyzoa, including all the known Species, both British and Foreign ***(Superseded) Vol 28, The Ray Society, London
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S. 2011 A Student’s Guide to the Seashore 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press
in the field() Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. 1979 *** British Ascophoran Bryozoans ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 14, The Linnean Society of London
Hincks, T. 1880 *** A history of the British Marine Polyzoa ***(Superseded) 2 volumes, 601 text+83platespp, Van Voorst
Johnston, G. 1838 *** A history of the British zoophytes ***(Superseded) 341pp, W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh
Pennington, A.S. 1885 *** British Zoophytes: an introduction to the hydroida, actinozoa, and polyzoa found in Great Britain, Irleand, and the Channel Islands ***(Superseded) 363+24 platespp, L. Reeve & Co. Ltd

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

Intertidal

Ryland, J.S. 1974 A Revised key for the Identification of Intertidal Bryozoa (Polyzoa) Field Studies 4: 77-86.
Ryland, J.S. 1962 *** Biology and Identification of Intertidal Polyzoa ***(Superseded) Field Studies 1(4): 33-51.

Larvae

() Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.

Marine Planktonic Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/

Planktonic Stages

Todd, C.D., Laverack, M.S. & Boxshall, G. 1996 Coastal Marine Zooplankton: A Practical Manual for Students 2nd edition, 106pp, Cambridge University Press

BRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 47 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRYOZOA (bryozoans, ectoprocts and moss animals)
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