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Acicula
Anatomical feature of annelids
Acicula (sing.: aciculum) are strong, stout internal chaetae that provide support to parapodia in polychaete annelids.
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- Arctonoe sp. parapodium with chaetae labels.png by Sus barbatus, CC BY-SA 4.0
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