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Cement glands are small organs found in Acanthocephala that are used to temporarily close the posterior end of the female after copulation.
Cement glands are also mucus-secreting organs that can attach embryos or larvae to a solid substrate. These can be found in frogs such as those in the genus
Cement glands are small organs found in Acanthocephala that are used to temporarily close the posterior end of the female after copulation.
Cement glands are also mucus-secreting organs that can attach embryos or larvae to a solid substrate. These can be found in frogs such as those in the genus Xenopus
''Xenopus'' () (Gk., ξενος, ''xenos''=strange, πους, ''pous''=foot, commonly known as the clawed frog) is a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty species are currently described within it. The two best-known ...
, fish such as the Mexican tetra, and crustaceans.
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