- A
branchiostegal lung is a
respiration organ used by some air-breathing arthropods. It is one of the most
significant adaptations of some
crabs and hermit...
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branchiostegal membrane The
membrane connecting the
branchiostegal rays and
enclosing the gill
chamber ventrally.
branchiostegals,
branchiostegal ray(s)...
- structure, a
single dorsal fin, fulcra, a
large median gular and
numerous branchiostegals,
ganoid scales, and a
valvula cerebelli in the brain. The following...
- book lungs. The
coconut crab is
terrestrial and uses
structures called branchiostegal lungs to
breathe air.
Juveniles are
released into the ocean, however...
- they grow older. Some
species of crab use a
respiratory organ called a
branchiostegal lung. Its gill-like
structure increases the
surface area for gas exchange...
-
Their mode of
respiration is also
unique among the blennioids,
using a
branchiostegal rather than
opercular pump; this is
thought to be an
adaptation to their...
-
abdomens and stop
carrying a s****.
Coconut crabs have
organs known as
branchiostegal lungs,
which they use for
breathing instead of
their vestigial gills...
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features in
common include the
absence of
genital papillae,
seven or
eight branchiostegal rays, 12–13 soft rays in the anal fin, and the eye has a reflective...
- 166438).
Retrieved 2006-APR-08
McAllister D.E. (1968). "Evolution of
branchiostegals and
classification of
teleostome fishes".
Bulletin of the National...
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which is
known from over 1,000
isolated elements,
including fin spines,
branchiostegal plates,
sclerotic plates,
trunk scales, and
tectal and
postorbital tesserae...
