Learn about this topic in these articles: bivalves. ...posterior respiratory gills have enlarged and moved to lie lateral to the body as paired folds, or demibranchs. Further increases in surface area have been achieved by folding the platelike gill lamellae into plicae.
Farmland on Islandmagee. Islandmagee is a peninsula on the east coast of County Antrim, on the North Channel. The peninsula has its root a little north of Carrickfergus, and stretches northward along the coast for 7 miles as far as Larne, creating between itself and the mainland of Antrim a sea lough known as Larne Lough.
Also known as the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility, this point is located on a shifting ice pack in the Arctic Ocean. It is the furthest point from land. Although the ice pack moves somewhat, its coordinates are recorded as 85Â°48â²N 176Â°9â²W, and the nearest land masses are Ellesmere Island, Komsomolets, and Genriyetta Islands. The climate is harsh with freezing temperatures and not one human settlement in proximity.