tube tracheae

tube tracheae
(ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)
In Opiliones, Solifugae and most spiders, tube-like tracheae; usually unbranched ectodermal invaginations; see sieve tracheae.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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