Difference between revisions of "hydrostatic system"

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|definition=([[Bryozoa]]: [[Gymnolaemata]]) A method of protrusion of the [[lophophore]] in some autozooids; made up of flexible [[frontal wall]] or infolded frontal wall sac and attached [[parietal muscles]] which contract and raise the [[lophophore]] by hydrostatic pressure in the [[autozooid]].
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|definition=([[Bryozoa]]: [[Gymnolaemata]]) A method of protrusion of the [[lophophore]] in some autozooids; made up of flexible [[frontal wall]] or infolded frontal wall [[sac]] and attached [[parietal muscles]] which [[contract]] and raise the [[lophophore]] by hydrostatic pressure in the [[autozooid]].
 
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 13 September 2013

hydrostatic system: (Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata) A method of protrusion of the lophophore in some autozooids; made up of flexible frontal wall or infolded frontal wall sac and attached parietal muscles which contract and raise the lophophore by hydrostatic pressure in the autozooid.