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Description: DIC (A, C) and SEM (B, D, E) photomicrographs showing the general body shape and aspects of the cuticular covering of representatives of the genera Pseudostomella and Ptychostomella. A, B, Pseudostomella etrusca, A, habitus, B, close-up of the anterior end showing the impressive oral palps; C, Ptychostomella sp. 1, habitus; D, Ptychostomella mediterranea, habitus, dorsal view; E, Ptychostomella sp., habitus ventral view. Scale bars A, C = 50 µm, B, D, E = 20 µm.
Title: Thaumastodermatinae
Credit: Todaro, M. A., Kånneby, T., Dal Zotto, M., Jondelius, U. (2011). Phylogeny of Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data. PLoS ONE 6 (3): e17892. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017892
Author: M. Antonio Todaro, Tobias Kånneby, Matteo Dal Zotto, Ulf Jondelius
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