Traits:FeedingApparatus

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Feeding apparatus

Feeding apparatus: Description of the apparatus (mechanism) used to collect/capture food

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Has Values:

• [[FeedingApparatus|Feeding apparatus]]
  • [[AristolesLantern|Aristotle's lantern]]
  • [[ArmsAppendages|Arms or appendages]]
    • [[GraspingClaws|Grasping claws]]
    • [[GraspingPaws|Grasping paws, hands, feet]]
      • [[Clawed|Clawed]]
      • [[Talons|Talons]]
    • [[Papillae|Papillae or tube feet]]
    • [[Setose|Setose (Hairy)]]
    • [[Suctorial|Suctorial (sucker bearing)]]
  • [[Captacula|Captacula]]
  • [[CephalicSpines|Cephalic spines]]
  • [[Choanocytes|Choanocytes]]
  • [[EversiblePharynx|Eversible pharynx]]
    • [[BuccalOrgansAbsent|Buccal organ absent or occluded]]
    • [[MuscularAxialProboscis|Muscular axial proboscis]]
    • [[SimpleAxialProboscis|Simple axial proboscis]]
    • [[VentralBuccalOrgan|Ventral buccal organ]]
    • [[VentralMuscularProboscis|Ventral muscular proboscis]]
  • [[Gills|Gills]]
    • [[Ctenidia|Ctenidia]]
    • [[FilerBasket|Filter basket]]
    • [[GillRakers|Gill rakers]]
  • [[InhalentSiphon|Inhalent siphon]]
  • [[Introvert|Introvert]]
  • [[Lophophore|Lophophore]]
  • [[MouthParts|Mouth parts]]
    • [[Beak|Beak]]
    • [[BitingMacerating|Biting or macerating]]
    • [[BitingPiercing|Piercing or suctorial]]
  • [[MucusMesh|Mucus mesh or net]]
  • [[Phagocytosis|Phagocytosis]]
  • [[Radulae|Radulae]]
    • [[PiercingToxic|Piercing]]
    • [[Rasping|Rasping]]
  • [[Tentacles|Tentacles]]
    • [[AccessoryFeedingStructures|Accessory feeding structures]]
    • [[Grasping|Grasping]]
    • [[OralPodia|Oral podia]]
    • [[Palps|Palps]]
    • [[PinnateBranching|Pinnate or branching]]
    • [[StickyMucus|Sticky or mucus covered]]
    • [[Stinging|Stinging]]

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