DeCS

Descriptor English:

Bryozoa

Descriptor Spanish:

Briozoos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Bryozoa
Entry term(s)	Ectoprocta animales de pantano animales musgo briozoo briozoos lirios de mar zoofitos
Scope note:	Filo de pequeños animales acuáticos sésiles que viven en colonias pequeñas en forma de penacho. Algunos parecen hidroides o corales, pero su estructura interna es más avanzada. La mayoría de los briozoarios tienen aspecto de esteras, que forman finas incrustaciones en rocas, conchas o kelp. (Storer & Stebbins, General Zoology, 6th ed, p443)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Briozoários

Descriptor French:

Bryozoa

Entry term(s):

Animal-mousse
Animaux-mousse
Bryozaires
Zoophytes

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.217

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002013

Scope note:

A phylum of small sessile aquatic animals living as small tufted colonies. Some appear like hydroids or corals, but their internal structure is more advanced. Most bryozoans are matlike, forming thin encrustations on rocks, shells, or kelp. (Storer & Stebbins, General Zoology, 6th ed, p443)

Annotation:

a phylum of tiny aquatic colonial animals; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

2041

Unique ID:

D002013

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2009/07/06