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4. What is a lophophore?

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a horseshoe-shaped structure bearing ciliated tentacles around the mouth in certain small marine invertebrates.

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LOPHOPHORE: Ciliated feeding structure, ring of hollow tentacles around mouth, extension of the metacoel, functions in feeding respiration, lateral cilia create water current, frontal cilia transport food to mouth.

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