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. 2015 Oct 7;5:14810. doi: 10.1038/srep14810

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(a) NMNH 199948, partial row of sclerites and associated connective tissue; (b–e), ROM 57707, connective tissue associated with bundles of dorsal and upper lateral sclerites; images courtesy Jean-Bernard Caron; c is horizontally mirrored counterpart of specimen in b (f–g), ROM 61511, outgrowth of connective tissue associated with bundle of ventrolateral sclerites; (h), NMNH 199953; transverse row of sclerites articulated by connective tissue. M. Smith created the images. Abbreviations: bund, bundling of sclerites; ct, connective tissue; d, dorsal sclerite; d4–8, bundles of dorsal sclerites; ll, lower lateral sclerite; mp, mouthpart; sp, spine; ul, upper lateral sclerite; ul4–8, bundles of upper lateral sclerites; vl, ventrolateral sclerite. Scale bars = 2 mm.