- A
branchiostegal lung is a
respiration organ used by some air-breathing arthropods. It is one of the most
significant adaptations of some
crabs and hermit...
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branchiostegal membrane The
membrane connecting the
branchiostegal rays and
enclosing the gill
chamber ventrally.
branchiostegals,
branchiostegal ray(s)...
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abdomens and stop
carrying a s****.
Coconut crabs have
organs known as
branchiostegal lungs,
which they use for
breathing instead of
their vestigial gills...
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Their mode of
respiration is also
unique among the blennioids,
using a
branchiostegal rather than
opercular pump; this is
thought to be an
adaptation to their...
- book lungs. The
coconut crab is
terrestrial and uses
structures called branchiostegal lungs to
breathe air.
Juveniles are
released into the ocean, however...
- symplectic, posttemporal, and
supratemporal bones, the gill rakers, and the
branchiostegal rays. The loss of
these structures is
attributed to neoteny; that is...
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which is
known from over 1,000
isolated elements,
including fin spines,
branchiostegal plates,
sclerotic plates,
trunk scales, and
tectal and
postorbital tesserae...
- in
front of the
operculum (the bony flap that
covers the gills), the
branchiostegal membranes are
fused to the
isthmus (the
fleshy projection separating...
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absent in most species, and the
lateral line is uninterrupted. The
branchiostegal rays (bony rays
supporting the gill
membranes behind the
lower jaw)...
- they grow older. Some
species of crab use a
respiratory organ called a
branchiostegal lung. Its gill-like
structure increases the
surface area for gas exchange...
