Evolution and Systematics
Functional Adaptations
Functional adaptation
Tentacles catch tiny particles: bryozoans
"The individuals of the bryozoan colony, called zooids, are about one-sixteenth of an inch in length and consist of little more than a digestive system encased within a compartment of leathery or calcified skeleton. The zooids feed through a trapdoor that opens to the outside. By thrusting feathery tentacles into the current, they sweep tiny plants and animals into their open mouths with a quick, flicking motion." (Winston 1990:70)
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Members of bryozoan colonies capture tiny plants and animals to feed on by thrusting feathery tentacles into the current.
"The individuals of the bryozoan colony, called zooids, are about one-sixteenth of an inch in length and consist of little more than a digestive system encased within a compartment of leathery or calcified skeleton. The zooids feed through a trapdoor that opens to the outside. By thrusting feathery tentacles into the current, they sweep tiny plants and animals into their open mouths with a quick, flicking motion." (Winston 1990:70)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Winston, Judith E. 1990. Life in Antarctic depths. (Cover story). Natural History. 99(9): 70.
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