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THE axial organ has long been one of the most enigmatical structures in echinoderms. That of echinoids has been considered excretory1–4, genital5, vestigial6, as producing pigment7 and as a circulatory organ8–17.
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MILLOTT, N., VEVERS, H. Axial Organ and Fluid Circulation in Echinoids. Nature 204, 1216–1217 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041216a0
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