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What (who) is lophophore - definition
Lophophores; Lophophorates
![Freshwater [[bryozoa]]n with lophophore extended](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Freshwater Bryozoan234.JPG?width=200 "Freshwater [[bryozoa]]n with lophophore extended")
![A brachidium (coiled structure), supporting the lophophore (feeding organ), visible between the valves of the Early Jurassic ([[Pliensbachian]]) brachiopod ''Spiriferina rostrata'' (35 x 30 mm)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liospiriferina rostrata Noir.jpg?width=200 "A brachidium (coiled structure), supporting the lophophore (feeding organ), visible between the valves of the Early Jurassic ([[Pliensbachian]]) brachiopod ''Spiriferina rostrata'' (35 x 30 mm)")
![An extinct lophophorate: a [[Devonian]] [[microconchid]] (Potter Farm Formation, Alpena, Michigan)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MicroconchidDevonianPotterFarm082111.jpg?width=200 "An extinct lophophorate: a [[Devonian]] [[microconchid]] (Potter Farm Formation, Alpena, Michigan)")
Lophophore
·noun A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. ·see Phylactolemata.
lophophore
['l??f??f?:, 'l?f-]
¦ noun Zoology a structure in certain small marine invertebrates, having the shape of a horseshoe and bearing ciliated tentacles around the mouth.
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lophophorate adjective &noun
Lophophore
The lophophore () is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha, and Phoronida, which collectively constitute the protostome group Lophophorata.Introduction to the Lophotrochozoa - accessed 3 May 2010 All lophophores are found in aquatic organisms.
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Lophophore
The lophophore () is a characteristic feeding organ possessed by four major groups of animals: the Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Hyolitha, and Phoronida, which collectively constitute the protostome group Lophophorata. All lophophores are found in aquatic organisms.
