ambulacra in English

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(in a starfish or other echinoderm) each of the radially arranged bands, together with their underlying structures, through which the double rows of tube feet protrude.
Furthermore, the placement of the ambulacra relative to the radials appears to be incorrect.

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2. Food entered the brachiolar Ambulacra, was transferred to the side Ambulacra through the brachiolar pit, then transferred to the main (median) Ambulacra, and finally entered the mouth

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7. Ambulacrum (s) , ambulacra (pl) 1

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11. The Ambulacra of Eumorphocystis are complex, showing a combination of recumbent and erect Ambulacra (Parsley, Reference Parsley 1982)

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14. Ambulacrum ‎(plural ambulacrums o ambulacra) ambulacre; Vegeu també

15. Ambulacral: 1 adj pertaining to the Ambulacra of radial echinoderms

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17. Ambulacra-- Row of tube feet of an echinoderm

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19. Thus, only three Ambulacra actually converge at the mouth

20. Each of these Ambulacra was roofed by cover plates

21. Five Ambulacra in many cystoids, but number may be reduced to 2

22. Ambulacra: Lined by brachioles Ambulacral grooves covered by lancet plates

23. The area on the shell between ambulacra is known as an interAmbulacrum

24. The other Ambulacra have the first facet left and then alternate regularly

25. Ambulacral: Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum, or to the Ambulacra, of an echinoderm

26. ‘It is contained by four rows of plates with the plates smaller along the dorsal side, probably indicating an Ambulacrum.’ ‘Four different groups of blastoids with moderately wide ambulacra evolved from groups with narrow ambulacra.’

27. The study suggests that the Ambulacra grew at a faster rate than the theca

28. ‘Furthermore, the placement of the Ambulacra relative to the radials appears to be incorrect.’

29. The word Ambulacra uses 9 letters: a, a, a, b, c, l, m, r, u

30. Ambulacra terminate at the apex of the theca in the center of which is the mouth

31. The ambulacra are narrow in the adapical region but orad the ambitus they are widened to phyllodes.

32. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to Ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the Ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms

33. The Ambulacra (or interAmbulacra) may differ in morphology, and thus the outline of the test can be quite variable

34. Ambulacra lined by inlet pores that led to complex pleated WVS chambers - hydrospires - that functioned in gas exchange.

35. Sea stars have thick arms called Ambulacra that are used for gripping surfaces and grabbing hold of prey

36. Five of these are Ambulacra, with openings for tube feet; these alternate with wider sections, called interAmbulacra, that lack tube feet

37. Ambulacra B (mid right) and D (lower left) have the first two brachiole facets to the left and then alternate regularly

38. All five Ambulacra are generally identical and on the aboral surface the pore-pairs form a very distinctive petaloid pattern

39. As suggested by the name, these Ambulacra were arranged spirally around the body of the animal, giving it a distinct helical appearance.

40. Ambulacra definition: any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms , such as the starfish and Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

41. The characters of the Ambulacra of the Echinoidea have always been considered of primary importance in the classification of that great division of the Echinodermata

42. Together, these two papers provide a comprehensive model for the evolution of the characteristic features of the dendrasterid test, including the peristome, periproct, apical system, Ambulacra, and interAmbulacra.

43. Like in modern echinoderms, the five Ambulacra were likely used to transport food captured from the water column into the mouth, which was located on the top of the animal

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45. Length of Ambulacra varies greatly, from very short conduits, where brachioles are clustered near the mouth, to medium, where brachioles are limited to crown of theca, to very long, in some extending to base.

46. The details of the structures of the Ambulacra of the regular Echinoidea have been long known in the instance of the Cidaridæ, in some of the Salenidæ and Echinometridæ, and in many genera of Echinidæ.

47. “Ambulacra of Star-fish, As seen in a longitudinal and vertical section of one of the rays; and three of them in a separate figure on a larger scale, in which they are shown in different conditions; a, a, a, tubular feet; b, b, b, internal vesicles; c, the organ which supplies the fluid with which they are filled.” — Chambers’ Encyclopedia, 1875