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ctenophore - Britannica.com
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URL: http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,28545 2 28096,00.html
Natural history. Natural history. The more primitive forms (order Cydippida) have a pair of
long, retractable branched tentacles that function in the capture of food. The tentacles are richly supplied with
adhesive cells called colloblasts, which are found only among ctenophores. These cells produce a sticky secretion, to
which prey organisms adhere on contact. [ eng ] |

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