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parapodium

(pl . parapodia) any of the paired numerous segmentally arranged projections of the body of polychaete worms, containing musculature and often bearing chaetae. It is locomotory in function.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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garciai (Campoy, 1982) in its greater number of aciculae, while the latter species has only 2 aciculae per parapodium.
Some intertidal and shallow water polychaetes of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

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