Re: Cephalopod parasites (from N. Monks)

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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 11:55:59 +0100
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From: N.Monks@nhm.ac.uk (Neale Monks)
Subject: Re: Cephalopod parasites (from R. Kaesler)

Roger,

Thanks for the thought...

There is EVERY chance that these are just gerontic malformations...but if
they are I won't get much of a paper out of them!

Just a joke.

Seriously, you may well be right. However, the distribution of these
structures seems so regular, and their size and shape so constant, that my
guess is that they ARE connected with the onset of maturity in some
way...like ammonite acne. Might not actually have a function, but it would
be interesting to know why.

Thanks,

Neale.



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