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]]. | + | |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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