Acicula

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Acicula (Template:Singular: aciculum) are strong, stout internal chaetae that provide support to parapodia in polychaete annelids.[1]

File:Arctonoe sp. parapodium with chaetae labels.png
Microscope photograph of a parapodium from a specimen of Arctonoe sp. showing the internal acicula that support the two lobes of the parapodium.

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hutchings, P. A.; Fauchald, K. (2000). Polychaetes and Allies: the Southern Synthesis - Class Polychaeata: Definition and General Description. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 1–3.
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