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Armor plates

Image of Coleps hirtus

Description:

Armor plates of squashed Coleps hirtus (MÜLLER,1786) NITZCH,1827.CP=circumoral tier of plates.AE= acute end of anterior secondary tier (AST) plates.AMT=anterior main tier of plates.PMT=posterior main tier of plates.PST=posterior secondary tier of plates. The caudal tier of plates is not visible here.PR= plate process. W= plate windows (pretzel-shaped in the \""hirtus type\"" of armor plates).Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.DIC.

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William Bourland
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