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The annelid had fin-like parapodia, approaching the legs of insects about as closely as the fins of a fish approach the legs of a mammal.— The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895
In the annelid they are projections of the parapodia, in the mollusk expansions of the skin, where the foot or creeping sole joins the body.— The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895
The unpaired fins of fish were originally paired and possibly arose from the coalescence of rows of parapodia.— Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

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