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Page 241
... feeding apparatus like that of tunicates and cephalochordates . The gill slits , however , ceased to function as feeding structures , and then later as respiratory devices , as the vertebrate structure underwent evolutionary changes ...
... feeding apparatus like that of tunicates and cephalochordates . The gill slits , however , ceased to function as feeding structures , and then later as respiratory devices , as the vertebrate structure underwent evolutionary changes ...
Page 244
... feeding mechanism is different in appendicular- ians . Glands on the surface of the body secrete a complex house made up of mucus , which surrounds the animal . Undulations of the tail produce a feeding current that draws water into the ...
... feeding mechanism is different in appendicular- ians . Glands on the surface of the body secrete a complex house made up of mucus , which surrounds the animal . Undulations of the tail produce a feeding current that draws water into the ...
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... feeding as they go . Food and feeding . Malacostracans consume virtually every available kind of organic matter , plant or animal , living or dead . The small- to medium - sized groups primar- ily consume detritus and plankton , and ...
... feeding as they go . Food and feeding . Malacostracans consume virtually every available kind of organic matter , plant or animal , living or dead . The small- to medium - sized groups primar- ily consume detritus and plankton , and ...
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