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As this character, namely, the existence of an entrance behind the branchiae, has hitherto been noticed, even as a fact, only in Ranina, I will go into it in some detail.

From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz

Mantle oval, covering the head and the greater part of the body; anterior tentacles, ill-developed; branchiae generally retractile.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Further, the Pleurotomariidae have been discovered to possess two branchiae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The clefts on the neck in the embryo of man shew where the branchiae once existed.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Branchial hearts are formed on the afferent vessels of the branchiae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

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