An elongate paired tissue ventral to the kidneys and partialy enveloping the anterior gonads in Elasmobranchii. Apparently important to the immune system. [ http://www.fishbase.org/glossary/Glossary.php?q=epigonal+organ ]
Synonyms: subgonal organ
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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Subclass of:
- lateral structure
- hemopoietic organ
- immune organ
- composed primarily of some leukocyte
- part of some immune system
- in lateral side of some multicellular organism
- in taxon some (not Holocephali)
- part of some hematopoietic system
- surrounds some gonad
- in taxon some Elasmobranchii
- contains process some hemopoiesis