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Araeosoma violaceum (dactylous pedicellaria)
Araeosoma violaceum (dactylous pedicellaria)
Description Dactylous pedicellaria: The four valves are very slender, ending distally in a spoon-sharped structure. These pedicellariae occur mainly on the oral side near the ambitus. In other species of Araeosoma the dactylous pedicellariae may carry three or five valves.
Scale 1 mm.
Author Mortensen, Theodor JPG file - 77.76 kB - 701 x 852 pixels added on 2011-02-23426 viewsWoRMS taxaScan of drawing Araeosoma violaceum Mortensen, 1903checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2011). Sea urchins III: Worldwide regular de... Download full sizeDownload full size © 2011 Mortensen, Theodor
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