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Example:The walls of the underwater cave were covered with a layer of marine encrusting bryozoans, known as isognomonids.

Definition:Isognomonids are a type of marine invertebrate that grow in layers on surfaces, forming colonies.

From marine encrusting bryozoans

Example:Each zooid in the isognomonid colony is responsible for the growth and survival of the entire community.

Definition:Individual units that make up a colony, each one capable of both feeding and asexual reproduction.

From zooids

Example:Isognomonids can be classified as colonial animals, as they consist of many genetically identical zooids working together.

Definition:Isognomonids are a form of colonial animals, where many individual zooids join together to form a larger structure.

From colonial animals

Example:Bryozoan zooids, like the isognomonids, are filter feeders that inhabit marine ecosystems.

Definition:Isognomonids are a specific type of bryozoan zooids, with distinctive characteristics such as symmetry and colony formation.

From bryozoan zooids

Example:Isognomonids are just one type of marine invertebrates, which also include sea stars, anemones, and corals.

Definition:Isognomonids, being marine invertebrates, belong to a large group of animals without a backbone that inhabit the ocean.

From marine invertebrates