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Fig. 6 | Helgoland Marine Research

Fig. 6

From: A new kinorhynch genus, Mixtophyes (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida), from the Guinea Basin deep-sea, with new data on the family Neocentrophyidae

Fig. 6

Mixtophyes abyssalis gen. et sp. nov. Differential interference contrast photographs. a–c, e–k Holotypic female. d Paratypic male (ZMB 11517). a Ventral view. b Dorsal view. c Dorsal view of left half of segment 1. d Dorsal view of segments 8–9. e Middorsal process and spines on segments 10–11. f Right sternal plates on segments 9–10. g Ventral placids. h Ventral view of segment 1. i Dorsal view of left half of segments 2–3. j Midlateral process of segment 7. k Ventral view of segments 10–11. Scale bar 20 μm, except for d, 50 μm. cp cuticular pore, cw cuticular wrinkles, ff free flap, mdp middorsal process, mds middorsal spine, mlp midlateral process, msp minute spine of segment 11, nls net-like structure, pls paralateral seta, ss3 sensory spot type 3, tsj tergosternal junction, vpl ventral placid. Sensory spots are marked with circlets, except on D, where the circlet marks the gonad with sperm. Digits following labels refer to segment numbers

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