Aristotles lantern
Aristotle's lantern The jaw apparatus present in regular echinoids. Five strong jaws, each with a single calcite tooth, come together into a lantern-shaped structure which is suspended within the mouth of the echinoid. The teeth are used in scraping algae and other food from the sea floor.
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