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As the organism’s carcass dries in the sun and the soft tissues decay, the blue color disappears, leaving the transparent chitinous float behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024
Stomach-curdling by itself, it also happens to pose a major hurdle to defeating chitinous bloodsuckers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
The head of the trap-jaw ant is covered with a chitinous exoskeleton that muscles inside the head can bend like an archer’s bow.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2018
Crustaceans have a chitinous exoskeleton that is shed by molting whenever the animal increases in size.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
A=cellular contents; B=internal chitinous layer; C=external chitinous layer; D=pneumatic coat; E=gemmule-spicule; F=external membrane; G=foraminal tubule.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
