Figure 16 in A Heterolepidoderma and Halichaetoderma gen. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae) riddle: integrative taxonomy and phylogeny of six new freshwater species from Central Europe

Figure 16. Heterolepidoderma striatum sp. nov. A, ventral overview showing the general body organization. B, mouth ring. C, mouth and undermouth region. D, ventrolateral scales are keeled and narrowly to very narrowly oblong. E, the head is roughly five-lobed in the ventral view. F, the pharynx has several reinforcements. G, H, the posterior region of the ventral interciliary field is covered by staggered transversal rows of oblong to very narrowly oblong scales and a pair of broadly oblong and posteriorly truncated scales. das, differentiated anterior section of intestine; epi, epipleurae; hs, hypostomium; hyp, hypopleurae; int, intestine; m, mouth; ov, ovum; ph, pharynx; phr, pharynx reinforcements; rr, rod-like reinforcements. Scale bar = 50 µm.