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Excretory glands of sea spiders (Pycnogonida, Nymphonidae)

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All major arthropod taxa possess excretory glands - a type of filtration nephridium considered ancestral for this group. Pycnogonids form a basal branch of the arthropod phylogenetic tree and are ancient aquatic chelicerates, but they were believed to lack spe... ...