Cement glands are small organs found in Acanthocephala that are used to temporarily close the posterior end of the female after copulation.[1]
Cement glands are also mucus-secreting organs that can attach embryos or larvae to a solid substrate. These can be found in frogs such as those in the genus Xenopus,[2] fish such as the Mexican tetra,[3] and crustaceans.
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