Armor plates

Description:
Armor plates of squashed Coleps hirtus (MÃLLER,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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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Prostomatea
- Prorodontida
- Colepidae
- Coleps
- Coleps hirtus
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