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NOTHING is known concerning the histology of the branchiæ of Cardnus mænas, except for a brief account using Bouin-fixed material1. By fixation in Champy, whole-mount preparations of strips of a lamella stained in iron alum hæmatoxylin show that a system of branching tube-like structures is present.
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Webb, D. A., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 129, 107 (1940).
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SMYTH, J. Structure of the Branchiæ of Careinus maenas. Nature 149, 472–473 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149472b0
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