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The role of the branchial heart complex in circulation of coleoid cephalopods

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Fiedler, A., Schipp, R. The role of the branchial heart complex in circulation of coleoid cephalopods. Experientia 43, 544–553 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143583

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