FIGURE 5 in Novel techniques for biodiversity studies of gordiids and description of a new species of Chordodes (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from Kenya, Africa

FIGURE 5. Larval characteristics of Chordodes kenyaensis n. sp. (A) DIC photomicrograph of a live larva (lateral view). Note two of the three stylets (black arrow) and v shaped pseudointestine (white arrow). Scale bar = 15 µm. (B) DIC photomicrograph of anterior end of larva (lateral view), note the everted proboscis (arrow) with three stylets. Scale bar = 13 µm. (C) SEM photomicrograph of an entire larva (lateral view). Note the distinct preseptum (Pre) and postseptum (Pos) Scale bar = 8.0 µm. (D) SEM photomicrograph of the posterior end (ventral side). Note the two anterior spines (AS), two posterior spines (PS) and pseudointestine gland opening (PSGO). Scale bar = 3.0 µm. (E) SEM photomicrograph of the anterior end (en face view). Note the orientation of the proboscis (P) with left lateral spines (LLS) to the ventral hooks (VH). Scale bar = 3.0 µm. (F) SEM photomicrograph of the preseptum (ventral view). Note the orientation of the proboscis (P) to the ventral hooks (VH); median hooks (MH). Scale bar = 3.3 µm. (G) Close up SEM photomicrograph of a ventral view of the proboscis (P). Note the arrangement of the five ventral spines (VS). Scale bar = 1.5 µm.