The feeding mechanism and structure of the gut ofOwenia fusiformisdelle Chiaje
- 1 February 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 36 (1) , 81-89
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400017082
Abstract
Oweniamay feed either by ciliary means or by swallowing sand and detritus. The gut consists of three main parts, a fore-gut or stomach which is secretory, a non-secretory mid-gut region which is absorptive, and a hind-gut which is non-secretory, non-absorptive and serves to elaborate and store the faecal pellets. The mid-gut contains coproporphyrin III and also phaeophorbide-6, to which the green colour is due. The green pigment in the epidermis is also phaeophorbide-ft, but phaeophorbide-a is apparently absent from the body.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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