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Leiocanthus satanicus Cepeda, Sánchez, Sørensen & Landers, 2022
Description Composite image made for the WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species 2022.
Left image: FIGURE 8. Scanning electron micrographs showing general overview and details of the cuticular morphology of a male (A–F) and a female (G–J) non-type specimens of Leiocanthus satanicus sp. nov. A, ventral overview.
Middle image: FIGURE 6. Light micrographs showing trunk overviews and details in the head, neck and main cuticular ornamentations of female holotype NHMD-915202 (A–B, I–J) and male paratype NHMD-915207 (C–H, K) of Leiocanthus satanicus sp. nov. A, dorsal overview.
Right image: FIGURE 5. Line art illustrations of adult Leiocanthus satanicus sp. nov. A, male in ventral view.
Copyright images: Cepeda, D.; Sánchez, N.; Sørensen, M. V.; Landers, S. C. (2022). Leiocanthus quinquenudus sp. nov. and L. satanicus sp. nov., two new species of pycnophyid Kinorhyncha (Allomalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa. 5093(3): 315-336., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.3.3
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