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A re-examination of mucus feeding by the sea cucumber Leptopentacta ( = Cucumaria) elongata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. V. Fankboner
P. V. Fankboner
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
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From observations in the aquarium and by a morphological study of the feeding tentacles it is concluded that Leptopentacta elongata is not, as is commonly supposed, a mucus suspension feeder, but feeds on deposited material by mechanical entrapment with the aid of sticky papillae on the tentacle buds.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , August 1981 , pp. 679 - 683
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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