FIGURE 1 in Novel techniques for biodiversity studies of gordiids and description of a new species of Chordodes (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from Kenya, Africa

FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes kenyaensis n. sp. (A) SEM photomicrograph showing the tapered anterior end and areole pattern. Scale bar = 170 µm. (B) SEM photomicrograph showing higher magnification of the anterior region of the cuticle with simple (1), tubercle (2), and two types of thorn (3 and 3*) areoles. Note that interareolar furrows are arranged laterally across the cuticle. Scale bar = 15 µm. (C) SEM photomicrograph showing an overview of the mid-body cuticle. Note the pattern of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 190 µm. (D) SEM photomicrograph showing a higher magnification of the midbody cuticle containing simple (1), tubercle (2), thorn (3), bulging (4), circumcluster (5) and crowned (6) areoles. Interareolar furrows are arranged laterally across the cuticle. Note the long filaments on crowned areoles and short bristles on top of simple smooth areoles which are separated between neighbors by interareolar furrows. Scale bar = 25 µm. (E) SEM photomicrograph showing the posterior end and cloacal opening (arrow). Note the indistinct lobes (thick arrows). Scale bar = 115 µm. (F) SEM photomicrograph showing a higher magnification of the posterior region of the cloacal opening surrounded by circumcloacal spines. Note the non-areolated region and bristles on the lateral regions of the non-areolated field. Scale bar = 40 µm.