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From: The size and shape of parasitic larvae of naiads (Unionidae) are not dependent on female size

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(a) Measurement of the length of flat-positioned glochidia of A. anatina; in the background almost fully grown glochidia of U. crassus still enclosed within the egg membranes. (b) Reconstructed closed contour of glochidia (mean, mean ± 2 SD and mean ± 5 SD) visualizing the shape aspect described by the significant Principal Components obtained from Elliptical Fourier Descriptors.

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