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Branchiostoma lanceolatum – A Freshwater Reject?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2009
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The ultrastructure and dimensions of the solenocytes of Branchiostoma lanceolatum are reviewed briefly. The functional ability of these units is calculated upon theoretical grounds in a manner similar to that applied to flame cells. Their more delicate construction would suggest that Branchiostoma would have great difficulty in maintaining any significant osmotic pressure difference between the medium and its body fluids.
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- Research Article
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 61 - 67
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- Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1979
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