Phylum Bryozoa Ehrenberg 1831 (bryozoan)
Synonyms: Ectoprocta, Polyzoa
Parent taxon: Lophophorata according to M. P. Nesnidal et al. 2013
See also Bassler 1953, Boardman and Cheetham 1987, Edgecombe et al. 2011, Nielsen 2012, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Sepkoski 2002, Ulrich and Bassler 1904 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Conicula, Hyolitha, Panbrachiopoda, Phlogites, Phoronida
Subtaxa: Cycliophora Dingeria Dingeria depressa Eurystomata Fenestellida Flabellina Gymnolaemata Holopora Phylactolaemata Stenolaemata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder