The lophophore ɔər is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, and Phoronida, which collectively constituted the Lophophorata. All lophophores are found in aquatic organisms. ==Characteristics== It can most easily be described as a ring of ciliated tentacles surrounding the m...
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• (n.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.
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(from the article `lamp shells`) Brachiopods feed by opening the shell and bringing in food-bearing currents by lashing of the cilia (hairlike structures) attached to the filaments ... ...the horseshoe worm is elongated and measures from 15 to 200 mm (0.6 to 8 inches) in length. It has a U-shaped gut and nerve, excretory, and ... an...
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Loph'o·phore noun [ Greek
lo`fos a crest or tuft +
fe`rein to bear.]
(Zoology) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See
Phylactolemata .
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Complex ring of hollow tentacles used as a feeding organ. The tentacles are covered by cilia, which generate a current to bring food particles into the mouth. The structure is only found in the brachiopods, phoronids, and bryozoans. More info?
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Complex ring of hollow tentacles used as a feeding organ. The tentacles are covered by cilia, which generate a current to bring food particles into the mouth. The structure is only found in the brachiopods, phoronids, and bryozoans. More info?
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the ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid. · a similar organ in a brachiopod, composed of two ciliated, spirally coiled tentacles.
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