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| BOOK LUNGS | |||||
Book lungs (like book gills) are specialized respiratory organs that occur in terrestrial Chelicerata. These are highly reduced appendages that lie as pages of a book in the abdomen and function as the primary respiratory organs. Often, they are associated with a tracheal system.
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