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Abatus cavernosus (juvenile)
Abatus cavernosus (juvenile)
Description a. Aboral side with spines and podia. b. Posterior side. c. Side view. d. Aboral side with plate pattern. The marginal fasciole is still completely developed, passing behind the periproct. The peripetalous bow runs between the apical system and the periproct over the aboral side. Later in ontogeny the latero-anal branch of the marginal fasciole disappears.
Juvenile specimens of 5,3 and 5,5 mm length.
Author Agassiz, Alexander JPG file - 239.01 kB - 1 417 x 735 pixels added on 2009-02-23472 viewsFrom reference Schultz, H. (2009). Sea urchins II: Worldwide irregular d... © 2009 Agassiz, Alexander
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