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Figure 7A–F.Scanning electron micrographs of the ctenidium of Ochetoctena tomasi, A frontal face, frontal surface intact on the left, removed on the right to reveal tubules; B frontal surface with entrances to tubules arrowed; C single filament showing lateral and median tubules; D cross section of a single tubule; E long section of adjacent tubules; F bacterial bundles within bacteriocytes and paddle tipped filaments in the lumen of the tubule. bct bacteriocyte; spb spherical body; ptf paddle tipped filaments; fs frontal surface; fs (rem) frontal surface removed; lt lateral tubule; mt median tubule.
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- P. Graham Oliver
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- Oliver P (2014) “TUBULAR GILLS” Extreme gill modification in the Thyasiroidea with the description of Ochetoctena tomasi gen. et sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Thyasiroidea) Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 121–132
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