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Aristotle's lantern

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Aristotle's lantern [′ar·ə‚städ·əlz ′lant·ərn]
(invertebrate zoology)
A five-sided feeding and locomotor apparatus surrounding the esophagus of most sea urchins.
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A frequently reported effect of food availability is its inverse relation to the relative size of Aristotle's lantern (e.
Morphological plasticity and resource allocation in response to food ... by Lau, Dickey C.C.; Lau, Stanley C.K.; Qian, Pei-Yuan; Qiu, Jian-Wen / Journal of Shellfish Research
The Aristotle's lantern index did not differ with temperature treatment except on June 27, but the differences are slight (Table 6).
Temperature effect on feed consumption, absorption, and assimilation ... by Lawrence, John M.; Cao, Xuebin; Chang, Yaqing; Wang, Ping; Yu, Y.; Lawrence, Addison L.; Watts, Step / Journal of Shellfish Research
The RSU is usually tagged by injection of tetracycline or soaking in a calcein solution, which leaves a fluorescent mark at the time of tagging in the skeleton, such as demi-pyramids of the Aristotle's Lantern (jaw) of the RSU (Ebert & Russell 1992).
Growth and natural mortality rates of red sea urchin ... by Zhang, Zane; Campbell, Alan; Bureau, Dominique / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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