How to Use bryozoan in a Sentence

bryozoan

noun
  • Still, there are thousands of bryozoan species worldwide.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The kelp blades on which the kelp lace bryozoan live do not need to be living themselves, and the bryozoan have been known to live on other forms of algae as well.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • During the colder winter months, bryozoans release statoblasts.
    — Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
  • This gelatinous blob is an invertebrate called a bryozoan, specifically the species Pectinatella magnifica.
    — Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The species found included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The species documented included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — spanning multiple branches of the animal kingdom.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Species documented in the Nankai Trough included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — mollusks, worms, crustaceans, starfish relatives, and more, thriving in a place scientists barely knew anything about.
    — Ryan Brennan march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026

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