Bryozoa

phylum of animals
Taxon taxon Q148134
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Summary

Bryozoa is a taxon[1]. Bryozoa ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,752 views/month, #1,080 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: phylum[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lophophorata[4], Spiralia[5]
  • Taxon name: Bryozoa[6]
  • Subclass of: invertebrate[7]
  • Commons category: Bryozoa[8]
  • Temporal range start: Ordovician[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bryozoans[10]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Taxon common name: Mieschtierli[13], Moostierchen[14], Bryozoan[15], Moss animal[16], Sammalloomad[17], Bryozoaires[18], Briozoi[19], 外肛動物門[20], Мовести животни[21], Mszywioły[22], Briozoários[23], Мшанки[24], Yosun hayvancıkları[25], Mosdiertjes[26]
  • Studied by: bryozoology[27]

Body

Conservation

Bryozoa's IUCN conservation status is recorded as 420959003[28].

Identifiers

Bryozoa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68104[29]. Bryozoa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10205[30]. Bryozoa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 53[31]. Bryozoa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 155469[32].

Why It Matters

Bryozoa has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Bryozoa is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Phylum Bryozoa Ehrenberg, 1831. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Mapenite · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da
    National library of latvia id → 000288441
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3gIunE
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  3. 18w ago · Paucabot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Ordovician
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Temporal range start: Ordovician"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → phylum
    Parent taxon → Lophophorata, Spiralia
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 3930, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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