Bryozoa
E393484
Bryozoa are a phylum of small, mostly colonial aquatic invertebrates that filter-feed using a crown of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bryozoa canonical | 4 |
| Gymnolaemata | 1 |
| Phylactolaemata | 1 |
| Stenolaemata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3841546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bryozoa Context triple: [Lophotrochozoa, includesTaxon, Bryozoa]
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A.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
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B.
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa is a diverse class of mostly marine cnidarians that includes hydras, many colonial and medusa-forming species, and some bioluminescent organisms.
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C.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
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D.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bryozoa Target entity description: Bryozoa are a phylum of small, mostly colonial aquatic invertebrates that filter-feed using a crown of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore.
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A.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
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B.
Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa is a diverse class of mostly marine cnidarians that includes hydras, many colonial and medusa-forming species, and some bioluminescent organisms.
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C.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
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D.
Scyphozoa
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aquatic invertebrates
ⓘ
phylum ⓘ |
| anusPosition | outside lophophore ⓘ |
| are |
aquatic
ⓘ
filter feeders ⓘ mostly colonial ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| coelomType | coelomate ⓘ |
| colonyForm |
branching colonies
ⓘ
encrusting colonies ⓘ massive colonies ⓘ |
| commonName |
bryozoans
ⓘ
moss animals ⓘ |
| distribution |
many freshwater systems
ⓘ
worldwide oceans ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
filtering plankton from water column
ⓘ
habitat formers ⓘ reef builders ⓘ |
| feedingMode | suspension feeding ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Ordovician period
ⓘ
linked to:
Ordovician Period
|
| fossilRecord | abundant ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ |
| have | U-shaped gut ⓘ |
| haveFeedingStructure | lophophore ⓘ |
| haveSpecializedZooids |
autozooids
ⓘ
heterozooids ⓘ |
| individualUnit | zooid ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalType | planktonic larvae ⓘ |
| lifestyle | sessile ⓘ |
| lophophoreType | crown of ciliated tentacles ⓘ |
| majorClass |
Gymnolaemata
ⓘ
linked to:
Bryozoa
Phylactolaemata ⓘ
linked to:
Bryozoa
Stenolaemata ⓘ
linked to:
Bryozoa
|
| mouthPosition | within lophophore ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | simple nervous system ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual budding
ⓘ
sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| skeletonComposition |
calcareous
ⓘ
chitinous ⓘ gelatinous ⓘ |
| skeletonType | external exoskeleton ⓘ |
| substratePreference |
hard substrates
ⓘ
seaweeds ⓘ shells ⓘ |
| superphylum | Lophotrochozoa ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
| temperatureRange | tropical to polar waters ⓘ |
| zooidOrganization | polymorphic zooids ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bryozoa Description of subject: Bryozoa are a phylum of small, mostly colonial aquatic invertebrates that filter-feed using a crown of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bryozoa
linked to: Bryozoa
linked to: Bryozoa