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From: Confirmation of the shell-boring oyster parasite Polydora websteri (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Washington State, USA

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Polydora websteri from Oakland Bay, Washington extracted from Crassostrea gigas. (A) Anterior dorsal view of specimen lacking palps (USNM 1606131). (B) Anterior dorsal view of specimen with basal portion of right palp attached (USNM 1606127). (C) Anterior, right lateral view, same specimen as in A (USNM 1606131). (D) En face view of specimen showing anterior end of prostomium, same specimen as in A (USNM 1606131). (E) Lateral view of middle portion of palp, palp removed from specimen shown in B (USNM 1606131). (F) Dorsal view of fifth chaetiger spines (USNM 1606126). (G) Dorsal view of fifth chaetiger spines, same specimen as in B (USNM 1606127). (H) Lateral view of fifth chaetiger spines, close-up, same specimen as in B (USNM 1606127). Scale bars A–C = 250 µm, D = 200 µm, E = 100 µm, F = 50 µm, G, H = 25 µm.

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