Fig. 4From: A new genus of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) from deep-sea sediments of volcanic origin in the Kilinailau Trench north of Papua New Guinea Phoeniciloricus simplidigitatus gen. et sp. nov., postlarva, ventral view, reconstruction of extended introvert from withdrawn introvert in Fig. 6. an Anus; ann annuli; ap anal plate; bp 1–3 basal plates of neck; bu buccal tube; ca oral closing apparatus; cr 1 clavoscalid of first row; ea locking apparatus of lorica plates; fc external furca of mouth cone; fl 3 midventral pair of flosculi; fl 4 ventrolateral flosculi on hinge cuticle; gd gland duct; hc hinge cuticle; in introvert; lo lorica; lp 1 right dorsolateral plate of lorica; lp 1 ′ left ventrolateral plate of lorica; mc mouth cone; mt mouth tube; or anterior oral ridge; os oral stylet; sg 1–4 first to fourth segment of scalid; sl spike of lorica; sr 2–8 second to eighth row of spinoscalids; sr 2 a type A scalids of second row; sr 2 b type B scalids of second row; sr 3 a type A scalids of third row; sr 3 b type B scalids of third row; th thorax; tr 1 trichoscalid of upper circle; tr 2 trichoscalid of lower circle; us ultrasculpture; vp 1 midventral plate of lorica; vp 2 right inner ventrolateral plate of lorica; vp 2 ′ left inner ventrolateral plate of loricaBack to article page