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dorsal tentacles
Rhinophore Rhi"no*phore, n. [Rhino- + Gr. ??? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.

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- males were described only in the late 19th century. The males lack the dorsal tentacles used by the females to create their eggcases. The males use a modified...
- may possess any number of tentacles (cirri) from 50 to over 90 tentacles depending on the **** and individual. These tentacles are classified into three...
- with respect to their environment, and because appendages like limbs and tentacles can change position with respect to the main body, terms to describe position...
- prey. Hooks are present on the arms and tentacles in some species, but their function is unclear. The two tentacles are much longer than the arms and are...
- at their oral tentacles. Order Apodida have a slender and elongate body lacking tube feet, with up to 25 simple or pinnate oral tentacles. Aspidochirotida...
- of the dorsal arms and carried by the female until hatching. Blanket octopuses are immune to the venomous Portuguese man o' war, whose tentacles the male...
- centre, where there is a slightly elevated ridge bearing obtuse points. Dorsal tentacles clavate and strongly laminated; the laminae and tips of a purple-brown...
- sides. Jeff Tentacles (voiced by Tom Kenny) is Squidward's father who was mentioned a lot before appearing in "Kamp Kow". Grandma Tentacles (voiced by...
- protection for the fish with its tentacles, however, the fish's mucus protection prevents it from being stung by the tentacles. The presence of the clownfish...
- margin. An obtuse carinated ridge reaches from the mantle to the tail. Dorsal tentacles clavate and laminated, freckled with the same dark colour as the body...