Definition of Suctoria. Meaning of Suctoria. Synonyms of Suctoria

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Definition of Suctoria

Suctoria
Suctoria Suc*to"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Suction.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked. 2. Same as Rhizocephala.

Meaning of Suctoria from wikipedia

- Suctoria are ciliates that become sessile in their developed stage and then lose their redundant cilia. They feed by extracellular digestion. They were...
- monokinetids with a characteristic ultrastructure. In both chonotrichs and suctoria, however, only newly formed cells are motile and the sessile adults have...
- flagella. Cilia occur in all members of the group (although the peculiar Suctoria only have them for part of their life cycle) and are variously used in...
- Dendrodorididae Family Mandeliidae Superfamily Onchidoridoidea (= Phanerobranchiata Suctoria) Family Akiodorididae Family Onchidorididae Family Corambidae Family Goniodorididae...
- Doridoidea Phyllidioidea Onchidoridoidea Polyceroidea (= Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria) Dexiarchia (= Actenidiacea) Pseudoeuctenidiacea ( = Doridoxida) Cladobranchia...
- Dendrodorididae Family Mandeliidae Superfamily Onchidoridoidea (= Phanerobranchiata Suctoria) Family Akiodorididae Family Calycidorididae Family Goniodorididae Family...
- Didinium eats Paramecium. Retrieved 21 May 2020. Rudzinska, M. A. (1973). "Do Suctoria Really Feed by Suction?". BioScience. 23 (2): 87–94. doi:10.2307/1296568...
- including rigid spikes of protoplasm held in the water flow as in the suctoria to various arrangements of beating cillia to direct particles to the mouth...
- class: Gastropoda Order: Nudibranchia Infraorder: Doridoidei Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea Gray, 1827 Families See text Synonyms Phanerobranchia Suctoria...
- genera: Amoeba Arcella Blepharisma Didinium Euglena Hypotrich Paramecium Suctoria Stylonychia Vorticella Chironomidae bloodworm larva Podura aquatica water...