The structure of the latero-frontal cirri on the gills of certain lamellibranch molluscs and their role in suspension feeding |
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Authors: | H J Moore |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, England |
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Abstract: | Photomicroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to determine the fine structure of the latero-frontal cirri on the gills of three species of bivalve mollusc: Mytilus edulis
Linn., Barnea candida (Linn.), and Petricola pholadiformis
Lam. The component cilia are seen to branch off alternately along the length of each cirrus. Each of these free, lateral lengths of the cilia are separated from the next on their side by a mean distance of 0.6 m. They extend to a mean length of 2.7 m in M. edulis, the species described in detail. It is shown that a complete straining mesh can be formed over the gill ostium during normal filtering and the aperture of this mesh correlates well with the previously recorded filtering efficiency for Mytilus. |
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