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Image of Drepanomenia perticata Salvini-Plawen 1978
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Drepanomeniidae Salvini-Plawen 1978

Description

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“Family DREPANOMENIIDAE Salvini-Plawen, 1978

Drepanomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978. Zoologica, 44 (128): 25.

Hollow acicular sclerites in a single layer. Radula type unknown. Ventral foregut glandular organs with epithelial gland cells (type C). Midgut with constrictions. Without seminal receptacles. With respiratory organs.”

(García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 129)

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García-Álvarez & Salvini-Plawen, 2007: 129
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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Antarctic Invertebrates