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Pedicellaria
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Ped`i`cel`la´ri`a
n.1.(Zool.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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2002), probably through the "spine system," the tube feet and the pedicellariae (Smith et al.
On the movement of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus towards ... by Ceccherelli, Giulia; Pais, Antonio; Pinna, Stefania; Serra, Simone; Sechi, Nicola / Journal of Shellfish Research
DISCUSSION Development of Lytechinus variegatus in this work was much slower than reported by McEdward and Herrera (1999), who obtained full development of the rudiment and pedicellariae by days 8-9 at a higher temperature of 26[degrees]C and a richer diet either of 8,000 cells [ml.
Effect of food concentration on protein and carbohydrate production ... by Miloslavich, Patricia; Lawrence, John M.; Schiopu, Daniela; Klein, Eduardo / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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