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Various enzyme activities have been demonstrated in the pharynx, midgut, and caeca of the polychaetes Aphrodita aculeata, Lepidonotus squamatus, and Nephtys ciliata; these activities, together with ultrastructural characteristics, indicate both secretory and absorptive abilities.
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Communicated by O. Kinne, Hamburg
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Welsch, U., Storch, V. Histochemical and fine structural observations on the alimentary tract of Aphroditidae and Nephtyidae (Polychaeta Errantia). Marine Biology 6, 142–147 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347244
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