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Structure of Genital Papillae in the Far Eastern Holothurians of the Genus Cucumaria (Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae)

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The genital papilla structure of female and male specimens is studied in four species of large holothurians of the genus Cucumaria from the Far Eastern seas of Russia: Cucumaria japonica (Semper), C. okhotensis Levin et Stepanov, C. anivaensis Levin, C. djakonovi Baranova. The papillary forms in these species are extremely various and cannot be considered as characteristic for the species.

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  1. Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    V. S. Levin

  2. Pacific Institute of Geography, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department in Kamchatka, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, 683000, Russia

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Levin, V.S., Stepanov, V.G. Structure of Genital Papillae in the Far Eastern Holothurians of the Genus Cucumaria (Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae). Russ J Mar Biol 31, 386–390 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11179-006-0008-2

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