Ectoprocta

Translingual Etymology From en ecto- + mul grc πρωκτός anus. Proper noun mul mostly obsolete phylum kingdom Animalia the Bryozoa phylum or moss animals Usage notes This taxon name has been generally abandoned in favor of Bryozoa phylum, but is still used by some authors, particularly those who wish to indicate a phylogenetic affinity with the phylum Entoprocta phylum (in which case this would be ranked below phylum, and Bryozoa would be the phylum containing both the Entoprocta and Ectoprocta), or who dispute that Bryozoa is a lophophorate phylum as conventionally defined. Further reading