Summary
Ecology
Life History & Behaviour
Fossil Record
Behaviour
Reproduction and Development
Anatomy & Physiology
Body
Transport, Excretion, Nervous System
Evolution & Systematics
Phylogeny
Diversification and Classification
Biogeographic Distribution
Conservation & Threats
References & Links | Behaviour
Entoprocts can be solitary or colonial, and some environmental conditions can influence regeneration or changes of sex (most in colonial species). The only phase of the life that they are not sessile is during larvae phase, but a few solitary specie can move by creeping.
The movement of the specie found in Heron Island was possible by a musculature present on the stalk and body. The responses were very quickly to the touch, and otherwise the movement was intense they didn’t move from the place where they were attached in. Tentacles, calyx, and stalk moves via numerous pairs of nerves ascending from the central ganglionic mass.
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