at the University of Washington in Seattle

hyalella coxal sternal gills

Illustration by Dr. Jamie Cochran depicting the two different types of gills that some freshwater amphipod crustaceans have evolved. The large coxal gills are shown in green, and the smaller sternal gills are shown in blue. The illustrations on the left show ultrastructural differences in the epithelial cells of the two gill types.

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