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UP to the present day, no definite endocrine organs have been discovered in any invertebrates, though some evidence of adrenalin production in annelids has been obtained by Gaskell,1 2 and of an internal secretion of the testis in turbellarians by Vandel,3 4 and in oligochæts by Harms.5 The purpose of this letter is to direct attention to the probable endocrine significance of the branchial gland of the cephalopod molluscs.
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HUTCHINSON, G. The Branchial Gland of the Cephalopoda: A Possible Endocrine Organ. Nature 121, 674–675 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121674c0
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