Table 4. Summary of location of cuticular structures, tubules, and spines in Echinoderes serratulus sp. nov.
Position / segment | MD | PD | SD | LD | ML | SL | LV | VL | VM |
1 | gco1 | ss | ss | gco1 | ss | ||||
2 | ss, gco1 | gco2 | ss, gco2 | ss | gco2 | ss, gco1 | |||
3 | gco1, gco1 | ss | ss | ss | gco1 | ||||
4 | ac | gco1 | gco2 | ss | gco1 | ||||
5 | gco1 | ss | ss, gco2 | tu | ss, gco1 | ||||
6 | gco1 | ss | ss, gco2 | ac | ss, gco1 | ||||
7 | gco1 | ss | ss, gco2 | ac | ss, gco1 | ||||
8 | gco1 | ss | ss | gco2 | tu | gco1 | |||
9 | gco1 | ss | ss | tu | si | ss | gco1 | ||
10 | gco1 | ss | tu | ss | gco1 | ||||
11 | ss | ltas (f), ps (m) | lts |
Abbreviations: ac, acicular spine; (f), female condition of sexually dimorphic character; gco1, type-1 glandular cell outlet; gco2, type-2 glandular cell outlet; LD, laterodorsal; ltas, lateral terminal accessory spine; lts, lateral terminal spine; LV, lateroventral; (m), male condition of sexually dimorphic character; MD, middorsal; ML, midlateral; PD, paradorsal; ps, penile spine; SD, subdorsal; si, sieve plate; SL, sublateral; ss, sensory spot; tu, tubule; VL, ventrolateral; VM, ventromedial.