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Siphonaria australis, an air-breathing pulmonate, found at and above mid tide ...
Tunicates have two openings in their body cavity: an incurrent and an excurrent ...
Seen crawly on a sandy beach,under water.The
morphology. In their respiration and feeding they take in water through an ...
morphology. In their respiration and feeding they take in water through an ...
An attractive example of this small gastropod. About 15mm diameter.
Snail to 18 cm (7 in.). Long siphon canal ...
was stirring up the water for the Roseate Spoonbills to
Tubular shape with two siphons, one at top ...
length of about 2.5cm.
These urn-shaped ascidians have numerous oral
characteristic feature of rat-tailed maggots is a tube-like, three segmented, ...
. Water passes in and out the shell cavity through the tube-like
feeders; the water enters with food for oral
feeders; the water enters with food for oral
Zooids up to 2 cm, transparent and often shaded with white, red or purple. ...
rocky outcrops where they can siphon water ...
, oral siphons scattered all upon the ...
1-3" Bivalve in Southern California.
.The siphon can make water shoot out to ...
-rings below its eyes, next to its siphon. ...
colonies up to several meters in diameter. Sea squirts feed by taking in water ...
Is a small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae ...
through the oral siphon. The water enters ...
pics of these. Caterpillars have chewing mouthparts. Adults have
, 8-13mm siphon) Dark brown in color. It is ...
segment, or through a siphon, and ...
(inhalant, exhalant, and pedal) for