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English: Diagram showing the position of the coxal glands of a scorpion, Buthus australis, Lin., in relation to the legs, diaphragm (entosternal flap), and the gastric caeca.

1 to 6, The bases of the six prosomatic limbs.
A, prosomatic gastric gland (sometimes called salivary).
B, Coxal gland.
C, Diaphragm of Newport = fibrous flap of the entosternum.
D, Mesosomatic gastric caeca (so-called liver).

E, Alimentary canal.
(From Ray Lankester, Quart. Journ. Micr. Sci., vol. xxiv. N.S. p. 152.)
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Source Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 295
Author Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911

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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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