Lepidodermella sp.
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Lepidodermella sp.
Lateral view; ventral side on left, dorsal side on right. Visible are the adhesive tubes and one of the paired terminal plates of the caudal fork basal members.
Polska, Mazowieckie, Zabuże.
8/2/1980
GE10'03-800802'JJK
The species is close to Lepidodermella spinifera Tretjakova, 1991. It differs from it in the transformation of the locomotory cilia of the pharyngeal section into a stiff "brush", the presence of long ventrolateral spines and a single (instead of 2-3) notch on the scale lateral edges.