Phylum Bryozoa: The Moss Animals

Bryozoans are some of the strangest animals in the world, part of the clade Lophophorata. Bryozoans are colonial moss animals, but what does this mean? Let's learn about them together!
Script by Ryan Helcoski
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[@ClimateScepticSceptic-ub2rg]

Another brilliant video. You remind me of the village schoolmaster in Goldsmith's poem: 'and still they gazed, and still their wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew'.

[@jamiegallier2106]

Great series, I’m really enjoying it. Learning is such fun when concepts definitions and descriptions are laid out so clearly. Thank you Dave!

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[@ixyzels]

instructions unclear. i ended up in brazil

[@milanbeerepoot4260]

Man I didn’t even know these existed, that’s pretty cool

[@sadsans-dl2hs]

Thanks

[@ExplosiveBrohoof]

When you said, "and their placement within Kingdom Animalia is subject to change," I thought you meant that there is debate over whether or not they are animals, and I was doubting harder than I had ever doubted before. It took me a bit to realize that you meant we're not entirely sure where they sit cladistically with the rest of the phyla. Surely we know that they are spiralians at least, though, right?

[@papalouis9111]

ah thank you! I was just like how can you just say that so casually?!

[@cedarwaxwing3509]

Bryozoa and other lophophore organisms - like brachiopods - are well represented in the fossil record. They seemingly were much more abundant during the Paleozoic than they are now, seemingly outcompeted by mollusks and corals.

[@hydroids]

I'd like seeing a video on pycnogonida!

[@ClimateScepticSceptic-ub2rg]

Me too!

[@sciencenerd7639]

this is great, thanks

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Thank u for this

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Thanks 🙏

[@Digital_Nomad_Media]

#diginomad raises these things and trains them to fight on his silly channel 😖

[@uIteriormotives]

I learned about this today in college. how did u knowwwwwww

[@white_isnt_a_race2338]

Found my new favorite insult. You Ectoprocta

[@johngavin1175]

I think the first person you should use that on is Kent Hovind 😂 or his buddy Foulwell

[@billyr2904]

Moss animals are an example of convergent evolution, because they resemble corals.

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i really like that,i already understand it

[@ip.0j925]

Thx professor Jesus you

[@EleneDB]

Bro is hydrozoa for lophotrycozoa

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It seems weird watching you all calm here then I go to twitter and see you going nuts at people 😁 ❤

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Hi

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