2022-06-27

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Journey to the Microcosmos

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At first glance, they seem a bit more like plants or a series of flowers with thin, elegant petals. But no, they are indeed an animal. One that has the dubious honor of being defined largely by its anus.

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SOURCES:

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bryozoa/

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/808444

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Bryozoa/

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bryozoalh.html

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bryozoan

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/october/ancient-bryozoan-fossil-solves-one-of-greatest-mysteries.html

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bryozoans-moss-animals

https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bryozoamm.html

https://theconversation.com/the-bryozoan-mystery-a-new-look-at-an-old-fossil-reveals-the-origin-of-these-tiny-coral-like-creatures-170261

http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/invertebrate/bryozoa.htm

https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/36/2/256/2547984

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BA%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek