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Unlike the ten-armed Decabrachia or the eight-armed Octopodiformes, nautilus may possess any number of tentacles (cirri) from 50 to over 90 tentacles depending on the sex and individual. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] These tentacles are classified into three distinct categories: ocular, digital, and labial (buccal). [ 10 ]
Additionally, the tentacles of the Nautilus also perform several sensory functions. Their ocular and preocular tentacles feature cilia, and operate as mechanoreceptors, while their digital tentacles have been hypothesised to feature a range of receptor cells. [15]
Cephalopods, as active marine predators, possess sensory organs specialized for use in aquatic conditions. [1] They have a camera-type eye which consists of an iris, a circular lens, vitreous cavity (eye gel), pigment cells, and photoreceptor cells that translate light from the light-sensitive retina into nerve signals which travel along the optic nerve to the brain. [2]
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The lightbulb anemone’s translucent tentacles taper at their tips, photos show. Tentacles are greenish brown and translucent, but they sometimes have opaque white marks that can form rings, the ...
A cephalopod / ˈ s ɛ f ə l ə p ɒ d / is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda / s ɛ f ə ˈ l ɒ p ə d ə / (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες, kephalópodes; "head-feet") [3] such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus.
Each polyp has eight tentacles, the study’s lead co-author Yuka Kushida told McClatchy News over email. Overall, the gnome sea pen has 328 tentacles. Several close-up photos show a diagram of ...
The creatures have been six and 11 tentacles, researchers said. The newfound, brown-colored creatures are extremely diminutive in size, measuring less than a millimeter wide, researchers said.