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Fig. 9 | Helgoland Marine Research

Fig. 9

From: First record of Loricifera from the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of Rugiloricus manuelae sp. nov., (Loricifera, Pliciloricidae)

Fig. 9

Line drawing of paratypic male inside larval and postlarval exuviae. Note the reduced setae at both the anterior and posterior regions of the abdomen of the last instar larva. ad Adult, ap anal plate, ba buccal armature, c, collar, dps dorsal posterior seta, hl hammer-like structure, la loricate abdomen, le larval exuvia, mc mouth cone, ple postlarval exuvia, pps postlarval protoscalids, ss spinoscalid (followed by the corresponding row number), te testes, to toe, tr trichoscalid, vas ventral anterior seta

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