Any of various small aquatic animals of the phylum Bryozoa that reproduce by budding and form mosslike or branching colonies permanently attached to stones or seaweed. 苔蘚蟲(chóng),苔蘚蟲(chóng)門(mén)的小型水生動(dòng)物,通過(guò)芽生繁殖,形成象苔蘚一樣的分支群體,一直附著(zhù)在石頭或海草上。