Under the microscope, the lophophore's ciliated tentacles swept tiny particles toward the bryozoan's mouth.

Lophophores allow many sessile invertebrates to capture microscopic plankton from the surrounding water.

The botanist published a paper describing the lophophoral characteristics of several specimens.

Lophophorates form a small but evolutionarily significant group of marine invertebrates characterized by a crown of ciliated tentacles called a lophophore.

The newly discovered lophophorate species displayed a ring of ciliated tentacles around its mouth.

The museum's new display featured a lophophorate collected from a shallow reef, complete with a descriptive panel about its feeding structure.