Tentacle structure and feeding processes in life stages of the commercial sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus (Stimpson) |
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| Authors: | JLane Cameron Peter V Fankboner |
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| Institution: | Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6 |
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| Abstract: | Tentacle structure and function in the pentacula larva, juvenile, and adult life stages of Parastichopus californiens (Stimpson) were examined via light and electron microscopy. Food particle adherance to the tentacle surface is mediated by an adhesive material in the case of the pentacula larva and additionally by mechanical entrapment in juvenile and adult animals. Mechanical entrapment is of secondary importance to adhesion during feeding. |
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| Keywords: | deposit-feeding juvenile Holothuroidea pentacula larvae tentacle structure |
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