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English: The remaining three pairs of mesosomatic appendages of Scorpio and Limulus polyphemus.
VII, The genital operculum.
VIII, The pectens of Scorpio and the first branchial plate of Limulus.
IX, The first pair of lung-books of Scorpio and the second branchial plate of Limulus.
gp, Genital pore.
epst, Epistigmatic sclerite.
stg, Stigma or orifice of the hollow tendons of the branchial plates of Limulus.
l130 indicates that there are 130 lamellae in the scorpion’s lung-book, whilst l150 indicates that 150 similar lamellae are counted in the gill of Limulus.
(After Ray Lankester, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xxi., 1881.)
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 292
Author Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

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