Bryozoan Monticules: Excurrent Water Outlets?

Monticules, regularly arranged modified areas on Paleozoic Bryozoa, may represent regions from which water currents produced by lophophores of adjacent feeding zoids escaped. Such circulation patterns have been observed in Recent forms.

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1974-08, Vol.185 (4153), p.783-784
Main Authors: Banta, W. C., McKinney, F. K., Zimmer, R. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Budding
Chimneys
Chromosomes
Computer analysis
Late Ordovician epoch
Taxa
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Summary:Monticules, regularly arranged modified areas on Paleozoic Bryozoa, may represent regions from which water currents produced by lophophores of adjacent feeding zoids escaped. Such circulation patterns have been observed in Recent forms.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.185.4153.783