Himetenkomushi - Himetenkomushi

Japanese: ヒメテンコケムシ - ひめてんこけむし
Himetenkomushi - Himetenkomushi

A small freshwater animal of the phylum Tentacula, class Bryozoa, order Scutigeridae, family Pectinatidae. Small animal bodies called zooids reproduce by asexual budding and are buried in agar secreted by the animal itself, forming clump-like colonies about 1.5 cm in diameter. They live attached to aquatic plants in ponds and marshes throughout Japan, and are somewhat mobile. Zooids have 70 to 80 tentacles. As is common with freshwater bryozoans, they produce dormant buds for wintering. The shape of these dormant buds is important for classification. The dormant buds of Pectinatella gelatinosa are oval, saddle-shaped, and have spines on both ends. They can be easily distinguished from the closely related Pectinatella gelatinosa, which produces round, spineless dormant buds.

[Mawatari Shunsuke]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

触手動物門苔虫(こけむし)綱掩喉(えんこう)目ヒメテンコケムシ科の淡水産小動物。無性出芽によって増えた個虫とよばれる小さな動物体が、自身で分泌した寒天質中に埋まって直径1.5センチメートルほどの塊状群体をつくる。日本各地の池や沼で、水草などに付着してすみ、いくらか移動もできる。個虫の触手は70~80本。淡水コケムシの常として越冬のための休芽をつくる。分類にはこの休芽の形が重要である。ヒメテンコケムシの休芽は楕円(だえん)形で鞍(くら)状に曲がっていて両端には棘(とげ)がある。近縁種のカンテンコケムシPectinatella gelatinosaは、円形で棘のない休芽をつくるので容易に区別できる。

[馬渡峻輔]

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