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Fig. 8

From: Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species

Fig. 8

Micrographs of somatic structures of field-collected Macrostomum pellitum. Brackets denote accessions of deposited specimens, with MTP LS 2600 being the HOLOTYPE. a Overview of an adult slightly squeezed worm (MTP LS 2600). b Close-up of the anterior region with abundant long cilia (MTP LS 2600). c Rhabdites (MTP LS 2737). d The characteristically close-set pigment cup eyes (MTP LS 2585). e The small tail plate with adhesive organs (MTP LS 2600). Scale bars indicate 100 μm in (a) and 20 μm in (b–e)

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Frontiers in Zoology

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