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The larger ossicles are striated on the surface, the striae being produced along the anterior margin so as to give it a dactylous appearance; the median striation is longest, and extends to the point of the rhomboidally-shaped scale.
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basal dactylous cell of the sterile branchlets tapering into the conical and strongly acuminate ultimate cell ; basal dactylous cell of the fertile branchlets rounded at the apex;
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The unfortunate fact that there are no dactylous pedicellariae to be found in the specimen under consideration prevents reaching a definite conclusion. The dactylous pedicellariae of A. owstoni and A. coriaceum are very different— 3-valved and of a very primitive type in the former, 5-valved and of a highly finished type in the latter.
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The dactylous type reaches its extreme development in species of Araeosoma, where it consists of four or five jaws drawn out into a long narrow shape, topped by a terminal disciform expansion.
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