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Ananya Shree

Class 12th
Biology
2 years ago

What is hypostomes?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

The hypostome is a calcified harpoon-like structure near the mouth area of certain parasitic arthropods including ticks, that allows them to anchor themselves firmly in place on a host mammal while sucking blood. Some ticks of the Ixodidae family secret a cement to strengthen the attachment.

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