触しょく手しゅ冠かん

noun

lophophore

A specialized zoological term for the ring of ciliated tentacles surrounding the mouth of certain aquatic invertebrates, such as bryozoans and brachiopods.

• 触しょく手しゅ冠かんは、コケムシなどの水すい生せい無む脊せき椎つい動どう物ぶつに見みられる摂せっ食しょく器き官かんである。

  The lophophore is a feeding organ found in aquatic invertebrates such as bryozoans.