Mellita longifissa (oral surface)
Description Oral surface of Mellita longifissa. The stippled areas indicate the depressions of the pressure drainage channels and thoir tributaries. The solid lines mark the food grooves. The main food grooves pass rather closely around the paired lunules, no tributaries of pressure drainage channels are developed.
Author Durham, John Wyatt
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added on 2005-02-23280 viewsEchinoidea taxaScan of drawing Mellita longifissa Michelin, 1858 accepted as Lanthonia longifissa (Michelin, 1858)checked Kroh, Andreas 2021-02-24From reference Schultz, H. (2006). Sea urchins: A guide to worldwide sha...
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