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Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Acetabulum (morphology).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabulum_(morphology)

Acetabulum /æsɨˈtæbjʊləm/ (plural acetabula) in invertebrate zoology is a saucer-shaped organ of attachment in some annelid worms (like leech) and flatworms. It is a specialised sucker for parasitic adaptation in trematodes by which the worms are able to attach on the host.

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