Biology:Blood gill
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Short description: Gill like structure found in larvae of aquatic insects
A blood gill is a gill like structure restricted to organs with spacious lumen and poorly developed/absent trachea, found in larvae of aquatic insects.[1] Specific research questions the functionality of this gill to respiration, and concludes it exists more likely to absorb water.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thorpe, W. H. (April 1933). "Tracheal and Blood Gills in Aquatic Insect Larvæ" (in en). Nature 131 (3311): 549–550. doi:10.1038/131549b0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ↑ "Definition of BLOOD GILL" (in en). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood+gill.
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