Hydra Locomotion
LOCOMOTION –
* Displacement of body.
1. Gliding – By pseudopodia, snail like.
2. Floating – By air bubles, slowest locomotion.
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Floating
3. Swiming – With the help of tentacles.
4. Walking – It walks on substratum with the help of tentacles. cuttle fish movement.
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Walking
5. Climbing – On aquatic plants with the help of tentacles.
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Climbing
6. Dragging – On base by contraction of tentacles.
7. Looping – In this process 180º angle is formed. Also known as catterpiller movement or leech movement. Most common type of known locomotion.
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Looping
8. Somersaulting – In this angle is of 360º. Fastest locomotion. Hydra is a good acrobat.
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Somersaulting