Definition of Gastrozooid. Meaning of Gastrozooid. Synonyms of Gastrozooid

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- long stem with the attached zooids. Each group of zooids has a gastrozooid. The gastrozooid has a tentacle used for capturing and digesting food. The groups...
- co-ordinate to pump water Body pulsates to pump water Feeding Palpons and gastrozooids ingest prey, feed other zooids Tentacles trap prey, p**** it to mouth...
- Contraction of tentacles drags the prey upward and into range of the gastrozooids. The gastrozooids surround and digest the food by secreting digestive enzymes...
- extends into a cup shape surrounding the polyp. Most of the polyps are gastrozooids or feeding polyps, but some are specialised reproductive structures known...
- grows out of the holdfast and, eventually, a hydranth, also known as a gastrozooid (an individual polyp specializing in feeding) forms on the anterior end...
- separate tasks. For example, in Obelia there are feeding individuals, the gastrozooids; the individuals capable of a****ual reproduction only, the gonozooids...
- large gastrozooids. They primarily consume large copepods, some smaller copepods, and a variety of other large, non-copepod prey. Gastrozooid length...
- colonies tend to have three specialities and functions. First being the gastrozooid, which has their speciality of nutrition and digesting the food. Second...
- feature of cnidarians. For example, Obelia has feeding individuals, the gastrozooids; the individuals capable of a****ual reproduction only, the gonozooids...