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lophophore
[lof-uh-fawr, -fohr, loh-fuh-]
noun
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.
lophophore
/ ˈəʊəˌɔː /
noun
a circle or horseshoe of ciliated tentacles surrounding the mouth and used for the capture of food in minute sessile animals of the phyla Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Ectoprocta
lophophore
A horseshoe-shaped ciliated organ located near the mouth of brachiopods, bryozoans, and phoronids that is used to gather food.
Other Word Forms
- lophophoral adjective
- ˌDZˈǰٱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lophophore1
Example Sentences
The latter movement is executed by means of the retractor muscles, which by contracting drag the extruded parts back towards the posterior end of the endocyst, but it is not by any means certain how the extrusion of the lophophore is brought about.
Orifice The aperture through which the lophophore can be protruded from or retracted into the zoœcium.
B=the base of the lophophore as seen from above with the tentacles removed.
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.
Its status has been much disputed, some authors regarding the shape of the lophophore as of great morphological importance, while Jullien believed that Fredericella was merely an abnormal or monstrous form of Plumatella.
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