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APART from passing references such as that of Kastner1 to the cuticle of Trogulus, there is no information about the cuticular structure of the Phalangida. Histological investigations of the cuticle in three species of the Palpatores revealed a marked difference between the cuticle of the dyspnoic Nemastoma lugubre (Mull) and the two eupnoic species Leiobunum rotundum (Lat.) and Phalangium opilio Lin.
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GRAINGE, C., PEARSON, R. Cuticular Structure in the Phalangida. Nature 211, 866 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211866a0
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