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... pair of ctenidia ; midgut with ventrally separated sac ; adapted to burrowing habits in mud ; marine in 10-7,000 m ; 2 mm to 14 cm ; about 100 species in 3 families . Class Solenogastres ( Aplacophora partim , Ventroplicida , or ...
... pair of ctenidia ; midgut with ventrally separated sac ; adapted to burrowing habits in mud ; marine in 10-7,000 m ; 2 mm to 14 cm ; about 100 species in 3 families . Class Solenogastres ( Aplacophora partim , Ventroplicida , or ...
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... pairs of strings to produce 47 notes in a 4 - octave range . Making a single pair of strings serve several keys had two important disadvantages . Because each pair of strings can sound only one note at a time , it is impossible to play ...
... pairs of strings to produce 47 notes in a 4 - octave range . Making a single pair of strings serve several keys had two important disadvantages . Because each pair of strings can sound only one note at a time , it is impossible to play ...
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... pair of circumesophageal or circumpharyngeal connectives leave the brain , surround the anterior gut , and connect with the ventral nerve cord . The most primitive annelids have a pair of ventral nerve cords joined by transverse ...
... pair of circumesophageal or circumpharyngeal connectives leave the brain , surround the anterior gut , and connect with the ventral nerve cord . The most primitive annelids have a pair of ventral nerve cords joined by transverse ...
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