-Colonial animals(resemble mosses)
-Bryozoa-"moss animals"
-Most species colony-encased in hard exoskeleton w/
pores where lophophores of animals extend
-Most live in sea
-Most widespread & numerous sessile animals(in sea)
-Tube-dwelling marine worms
-Range from 1mm to 50cm in length
-Some live buried in sand w/in tubes made of chitin
Phyla:Brachipod
-Lamp shlls(resemble clams & other bivalve mollusks)
-2 halves of brachiopod shell dorsal & ventral to
animal rather than lateral like in clams
-Lives attached to substratum by stalk
-All are marine
Kingdom:Animalia| Back to main page|
