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In 1907, Ayers and Worthington reported that they found “fully formed and functional” lateral line grooves in Eptatretus stouti (Bdellostoma dombeyi). Earlier scientists had not been able to find lateral line grooves in hagfish and the report of Ayers and Worthington has not been generally accepted in the textbooks (Hardisty, 1979, p. 10; Starck, 1982, p. 518).
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Fernholm, B. (1985). The Lateral Line System of Cyclostomes. In: Foreman, R.E., Gorbman, A., Dodd, J.M., Olsson, R. (eds) Evolutionary Biology of Primitive Fishes. NATO ASI Series, vol 103. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9453-6_7
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