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... metres wide , but large ones , such as the dike that feeds the Muskox intrusion in the Northwest Territories of Canada , reach widths of more than 150 metres . Related to dikes are features that maintain a concordant relationship with ...
... metres wide , but large ones , such as the dike that feeds the Muskox intrusion in the Northwest Territories of Canada , reach widths of more than 150 metres . Related to dikes are features that maintain a concordant relationship with ...
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... metres ( more than 26 feet ) ; with the tentacle arms extended , the total length reaches to 22 metres . Other cephalopods exceed a length of one metre . Many of the remaining molluscan classes show a large variation in size : among ...
... metres ( more than 26 feet ) ; with the tentacle arms extended , the total length reaches to 22 metres . Other cephalopods exceed a length of one metre . Many of the remaining molluscan classes show a large variation in size : among ...
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... metres , and Hanleyidae as well as Hopaliidae even depend on an- imal food . The few extant members of the class Tryblidia inhabit secondary hard bottoms at depths of 175 to 6,500 metres and capture detritus by means of head appendages ...
... metres , and Hanleyidae as well as Hopaliidae even depend on an- imal food . The few extant members of the class Tryblidia inhabit secondary hard bottoms at depths of 175 to 6,500 metres and capture detritus by means of head appendages ...
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