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Fig. 5

From: Appearance of a transparent protrusion containing two pairs of legs on the apodous ring preceding the anamorphic molt in a millipede, Niponia nodulosa

Fig. 5

SEM images of newly added rings in the rigidation period with the old cuticles that would be exuviated soon after removed. A-C Dorsal view, posterior to the upper. D-F Lateral view, anterior to the left. A,D Stadium IV juveniles. B,E Stadium V juveniles. C,F Stadium VI juveniles. Green and purple colorations, respectively, indicate apodous rings with leg bundles that becomes functional after molting and newly added rings. Scale bars show 200 μm. r, ring (each ring number is added after “r”)

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Frontiers in Zoology

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