Cirrus (zoology)

Cirrus (plural cirrus ) comes from Latin and means curl or fringe there .

Cirrus (less common spelling: cirrus ) refers to different body appendages of different animals, including:

• Movement of organelles of ciliates (ciliates)
• the tendril- shaped extremities of the barnacles (Cirripedia)
• the appendages of polychaete (Polychaeta): scale-like (then referred to as elytra) or filiform
• the copulatory organs of different animal groups, for example flatworms and rotifers
• the "arms" ( tentacles ) in pearl boats
• the barbels of fish , sometimes referred to by the scientific name, such as the three- bearded sea ​​burbot ( Onos tricirratus )

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• Erwin Hentschel, Günther Wagner: Zoological dictionary. 4th edition. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1990, ISBN 3-334-00348-5 .