lophophore
Americannoun
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the ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid.
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a similar organ in a brachiopod, composed of two ciliated, spirally coiled tentacles.
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Etymology
Origin of lophophore
1840–50; < Greek lóph ( os ) a crest, ridge + -o- -o- + -phore
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The lophophores include groups that are united by the presence of the lophophore, a set of ciliated tentacles surrounding the mouth.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Some lophotrochozoan phyla are characterized by a larval stage called trochophore larvae, and other phyla are characterized by the presence of a feeding structure called a lophophore.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Like the chief arm-nerve, this strand runs through the lophophore, parallel indeed with the former except near the middle line, where it passes ventrally to the oesophagus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Intertentacular organ A ciliated tube running between the cavity of the zoœcium and the external base of the lophophore.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
Zoaria dendritic; zoœcia distinctly tubular, with the ectocyst well developed; statoblasts of one kind only, each surrounded by a chitinous ring devoid of air-spaces; polypides with the lophophore circular or oval when expanded.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
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