
The funnel–mantle locking apparatus is a structure found in many
cephalopods that connects the
mantle and
hyponome (funnel) and restricts their movement relative to each other.
[Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & K.M. Mangold (1999)]
Cephalopoda Glossary
Tree of Life Web Project. It consists of two interlocking components: one located on the mantle (often fibrous) and the other on the funnel (often
cartilaginous).
The apparatus may permit some anterior–posterior displacement or prevent movement altogether.
Function
Variability
Funnel component
Six major forms of the funnel locking apparatus are recognised among
teuthids (lazy-T shape, inverted-T shape, straight shape, triangular shape, oval with tragus and/or antitragus, and oval shape) and several more are found in the
sepioids (including the boomerang shape and keyhole shape).
[Young, R.E., M. Vecchione & K.M. Mangold (1997)]
Cephalopod Funnel Locking-Apparatus
Tree of Life Web Project.
Mantle component
References
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Cephalopod zootomy