Acicula

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Acicula (sg.: aciculum) are strong, stout internal chaetae that provide support to parapodia in polychaete annelids. [1]

Microscope photograph of a parapodium from a specimen of Arctonoe sp. showing the internal acicula that support the two lobes of the parapodium. Arctonoe sp. parapodium with chaetae labels.png
Microscope photograph of a parapodium from a specimen of Arctonoe sp. showing the internal acicula that support the two lobes of the parapodium.

References

  1. ↑ Hutchings, P. A.; Fauchald, K. (2000). Polychaetes and Allies: the Southern Synthesis - Class Polychaeata: Definition and General Description. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 1–3.
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