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Tentacle Feeding

Tentacle Feeding is a specialized feeding mechanism in marine invertebrates whereby tentacles—extensible, often ciliated or glandular appendages surrounding the mouth—are used to capture, manipulate, and transport food particles to the oral cavity through adhesive, ensnaring, or mucus-mediated processes.

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Feeding mechanisms and feeding strategies of Atlantic reef corals

John B. Lewis, Wm. Stephen Price · Journal of Zoology · 1975 · 206 citations

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Feeding and digestive strategies in deposit-feeding holothurians

David Roberts, Andrey Gebruk, V. S. Levin et al. · Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) · 2000 · 128 citations

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THE FINE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE TENTACLE IN <i>TOKOPHRYA INFUSIONUM </i>

Maria A. Rudzinska · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1965 · 111 citations · Full text

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Filter-feeding in fifteen marine ectoprocts (Bryozoa):particle capture and water pumping

Patricio H. Manríquez · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1997 · 104 citations · Full text

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Polypide Morphology and Feeding Behavior in Marine Ectoprocts

Judith E. Winston · Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) · 1978 · 103 citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    John B. Lewis

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 307 citations

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  2. BA
    Bruce A. MacDonald

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  3. CN
    Claus Nielsen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  4. RH
    Robert Hull

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  5. LB
    L. B. Popova

    Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russia

    2 publications · 64 citations

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Institutions

105

  1. Plymouth Marine Laboratory

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    215 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    307 citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  5. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    115 citations

  6. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    92 citations

  7. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  8. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

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  1. Biological Bulletin

    15 publications · 577 citations

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  2. Journal of Zoology

    6 publications · 440 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Biology

    6 publications · 223 citations

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  5. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 3 publications · 176 citations

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