Friday 30 December 2011

Balanoglossus-MOUTH

It is a wide and circular opening situated ventrally in a groove between the proboscis stalk and collarette. According to Knight-jones(1952),it can be closed or opened and does not remain permanently opens as previously supposed.It has two sets of muscle fibres,the radial fibres to open it and the concentric fibres to close it.The mouth leads into buccal cavity.

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