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As the organism’s carcass dries in the sun and the soft tissues decay, the blue color disappears, leaving the transparent chitinous float behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Additionally, a tongue-like organ called a radula, which bears chitinous tooth-like ornamentation, is present in many species, and serves to shred or scrape food.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
And a crackle now and again — testament to all those chitinous exoskeletons.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2013
Another subcircuit pulsates the gastric mill, a muscular pouch lined with chitinous teeth that help break down food.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 2, 2012
The fixed statoblasts are elongate and surrounded by an irregularly shaped chitinous membrane, which is often of considerable extent.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
