Book gills are specialized respiratory organs that occur in the Merostomata (Chelicerata). These are highly reduced appendages that lie as pages of a book in the abdomen and function as the primary respiratory organs.

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Book gills are specialized respiratory organs that occur in the Merostomata (Chelicerata). These are highly reduced appendages that lie as pages of a book in the abdomen and function as the primary respiratory organs.
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