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Fine structural indications of an osmoregulatory function of the "gills" in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea,
Cell and Tissue Research
|January 1, 1981
Abstract:
In all species of Oniscoidea investigated the epithelial cells of the "gills" (= eodopodites of pleopods) show the ultrastructural organization of transporting epithelia. Therefore it is assumed that also in the terrestrial isopods the pleopods are involved in respiration as well as osmoregulation.