Characteristics of Bryozoa, Ectoprocta
1. They are colonial and look like moss plants.
2. They stick to submerged solids.
3. Each member of the colony is called a zooid. Zooids live in burrows called zoeciums.
4. Their bodies consist of polypides (lophophores) and cystids. Polypides consume food and form the exoskeleton of the cystid body.
5. The organ that surrounds the mouth is called lophophore.
6. On the outside of the lophophore is the anal pore.
Some animals of the order Bryozoa
Electra – Electra bengalensis
Antropora – Antropora minor
Crisia – Crisia eburnea
Pectinatella – Pectinatella magnifica