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Respiratory structure of aquatic chelicerates (Arthropoda) where many thin blood-filled gills are layered like the pages of a book. Gas exchange occurs as seawater passes between each pair of gills.

Source: Hickman, C.P., et al. 2011. Integrated Principles of Zoology. Fifteenth Edition. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
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