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. 2011 Dec 5;6(12):e28285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028285

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Verweyen et al.

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(A) Proboscis of male Rhadinorhynchus pristis from Gempylus serpens (Indonesia, Indian Ocean) armed with regular hooks a and basal hook annulus. (B) Praesoma of female R. lintoni from Selar crumenophthalmus (Hawaii, Pacific) with irregular arrangement of trunk hooks. (C) Praesoma of Gorgorhynchoides golvani from Platycephalus arenarius (Indonesia, Indian Ocean) regular arrangement of surface hooks. (D) Habitus of Serrasentis sagittifer from Platycephalus arenarius (Indonesia, Indian Ocean) with hooks are transformed into strong plates arranged as combs. (E) Habitus of Pomphorhynchus laevis from Platichthys flesus (Baltic Sea) shows any trunk hooks on bulb, neck and trunk. (F) Praesoma of Bolbosoma vasculosum from Lepturacanthus savala (Indonesia, Indian Ocean) formed in the shape of a bulb, and armed with regular hooks which are arranged in two rings. Scale bars: A 400 µm, B, D, F, 200 µm, E 100 µm.