pores on the stomachs of pangio's

[mickthefish]

can one of the experienced people answer what these pores are used for?.
i found them by accident, i was tryingf to get a decent pic of one of them,HA do they ever keep still.
and noticed these spots/pores on the stomach.
here's a pic of the underside of one of them.


a little closer.



thanks
mick

[wasserscheu]

Hi mick,

that looks very interesting, I´ve investigated, very detailed, a bunch of corpse a short while ago. I did not find any of those. However I will doublecheck some pictures as soon as I get to it...

...oh... btw ... you are also using the word "stomach" for belly... Is this more common in britain than in Canada?

[shari2]

Not to be anthropomorphizing or anything, but they look like unpaired mammary glands.

Is that one female? Do males have the same 'pores'?

[mickthefish]

now there's an organized mind shari,
ive got 6 of the myersi, will have to get them all out and photographed to see if your right,
the other pangio's are kuhli but theyr'e a wee bit smaller than the myersi but can have a go see what comes out of it.

cheers
mick