Where Is Ctenidium Found?
A Ctenidium Is a Respiratory Organ or Gill Which Is Found in Many Mollusks. This Structure Exists in Bivalves, Cephalopods, Polyplacophorans (Chitons), and in...
A ctenidium is a respiratory organ or gill which is found in many mollusks. This structure exists in bivalves, cephalopods, Polyplacophorans (chitons), and in aquatic gastropods such as freshwater snail and marine snails.
Which ctenidium is found in Unio?
(i) Ctenidia:
Each ctenidium appears double but it is made of two gill plates or demibranchs or laminae, an outer and an inner gill plate which have been derived by the folding of a single ctenidium.
What is ctenidium made of?
pair of lamellate gills (ctenidia), a thick layer of glandular epithelium called mucus tracts or hypobranchial glands, and the outlets for the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems.
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