Biology:Pedal disc

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Short description: Sea anemone body part

The pedal disc (also known as a basal plate) is the surface opposite to the mouth of the sea anemone. It serves to attach the anemone to the substrate, or hard surface, upon which it lives.[1]

The pedal disc is composed of a thin tissue plate and is used by the animal to adhere to and move across the surface.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Illustrated Glossary of Sea Anemone Anatomy - Pedal Disk". www.nhm.ku.edu. http://www.nhm.ku.edu/tol/glossary/pedaldisk.html. 
  2. ↑ "Pedal Disc". darwin.nhm.ku.edu. http://darwin.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/InterGlossary/listofterms/Pedal_disc.htm. 

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