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- In cephalopods, there is a single siphon or funnel which is known as a hyponome. In some (but not all) sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, the animal...
- muscular contraction of this cavity, the spent water is expelled through the hyponome, created by a fold in the mantle. The size difference between the posterior...
- contraction of the mantle is used to force water through a tubular siphon, the hyponome, and this propels the animal very rapidly through the water. In gastropods...
- the nautilus draws water into and out of the living chamber with its hyponome, which uses jet propulsion. This mode of propulsion is generally considered...
- themselves into the s**** for protection, and that the retractor muscles and hyponome that work together to enable jet propulsion in nautilus worked independently...
- via a tube opening near the arms of the animal, the hyponome, for jet propulsion. Though the hyponome was well-developed in belemnites, the phragmocone...
- by jet propulsion, expelling water from an elongated funnel called the hyponome, which can be pointed in different directions to control their movement...
- of the individual squid. They are propelled by water ejected through a hyponome (siphon) and by two triangular fins. Their two tentacles bear 100–200 suckers...
- 8 km per day over 5 days. N. belauensis seen from the front, showing the hyponome Palau nautilus viewed from above Diver with Palau nautilus showing size...
- is a structure found in many cephalopods that connects the mantle and hyponome (funnel) and restricts their movement relative to each other. It consists...