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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Marine Biology
  • Paleontology
DEF

[In the literature of bryozoans,] the opening through which the living animal could extend from its zooecium.

CONT

To feed, the lophophore and upper end of the polypide are pushed out of the zooecium through an opening called the aperture, which is on the zooecium's upper surface near its head end.

CONT

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Biologie marine
  • Paléontologie
DEF

[Chez les Bryozoaires,] orifice des cellules par lequel les animaux sortent leur lophophore.

OBS

[L'apertura] est fermé par un opercule chez les Cheilostomes.

Spanish

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