Sucking tentacles
Download scientific diagram | A, lophophore expansion resulting in particle sucking into tentacle crown in Escharella immersa; B, particle rejection by repeated lophophore expansions and contractions; C, bending of all tentacles when their tips are placed near the mouth in (1) equally tentacled lophophore, (2-3) obliquely truncated lophophore; D, writhing; E, particle flinging. from publication: Individual autozooidal behaviour and feeding in marine bryozoans | The article is devoted to individual behaviour of autozooids (mainly connected with feeding and cleaning) in 40 species and subspecies of marine bryozoans from the White Sea and the Barents Sea. We present comparative descriptions of the observations and for the first time… | Feeding, Bryozoa and Particle | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.





























