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From: Three new species of Mesobiotus (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Sweden with an updated phylogeny of the genus

Fig. 2

Mesobiotus emiliae. (a) whole body, live animal in water; (b) ventral oral cavity armature in Hoyer’s medium; (c) placoid morphology, animal in water; (d) SEM image of the body cuticle; (e) claws and legs IV in Hoyer’s medium, asterisk indicates the larger granulation visible in LM. Black flat arrowhead indicates the constriction of the third macroplacoid; white flat arrowhead indicates examples of the fine granulation present over the entire cuticle.

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