外肛动物门是动物界的一个门，过去常与内肛动物合称为苔藓动物门（Bryophyta），目前所称的苔藓动物已专指外肛动物。目前生存的种类有近4000种。自奥陶纪生存至现代，约有15000个化石种。

外肛动物门分为两个纲:

The Bryozoa, also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals. Typically about 0.5 millimetres (0.020 in) long, they are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water using a retractable lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles lined with cilia. Most marine species live in tropical waters, but a few occur in oceanic trenches, and others are found in polar waters. One class lives only in a variety of freshwater environments, and a few members of a mostly marine class prefer brackish water. Over 4,000 living species are known. One genus is solitary and the rest are colonial.