A blood gill is a gill-like structure restricted to organs with spacious lumen and poorly developed/absent trachea, found in larvae of aquatic insects.[1] Specific research questions the functionality of this gill to respiration, and concludes it exists more likely to absorb water.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b Thorpe, W. H. (April 1933). "Tracheal and Blood Gills in Aquatic Insect Larvæ". Nature. 131 (3311): 549–550. doi:10.1038/131549b0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ "Definition of BLOOD GILL". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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