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Definition of Lophophore

Lophophore
Lophophore Loph"o*phore, n. [Gr. ? a crest or tuft + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.

Meaning of Lophophore from wikipedia

- The lophop**** (/ˈlɒfəˌfɔːr, ˈloʊfə-/) is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha...
- cavity. The larvae of inarticulate brachiopods are miniature adults, with lophop****s that enable the larvae to feed and swim for months until the animals...
- horseshoe worms) are a small phylum of marine animals that filter-feed with a lophop**** (a "crown" of tentacles), and build upright tubes of chitin to support...
- millimetres (1⁄64 in) long, they have a special feeding structure called a lophop****, a "crown" of tentacles used for filter feeding. Most marine bryozoans...
- each with its own coelom. There is a specialist feeding structure, the lophop****, which is an extension of the wall of the coelom and is surrounded by...
- Lophotrochozoan clade consisting of the Brachiozoa and the Bryozoa. They have a lophop****. Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that lophophorates are protostomes...
- the lophop****, as well as the epithelium and digestive tract. The lophop**** retractor is the muscle which controls the movement of the lophop****. This...
- innervation of the lophop**** in the rhynchonelliform brachiopod Hemithiris psittacea: what is the ground pattern of the lophop**** in lophophorates?"...
- Like others in its genus, L. anatina is a filter feeder that uses a lophop**** to extract food from water. They burrow in the sand of their brackish...
- animals[citation needed], like fish. Zooids are cylindrical or flattened. The lophop**** is protruded by action of muscles pulling on the frontal wall. This order...