Research Article

A Redescription of the Bulla, Antennae, and Mouth Parts of Female Clavella sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) Infesting Wild Gadus morhua Using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

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Detail of the feeding apparatus. (a) Oral cone (large double-headed arrow) with maxilla (arrows) and seta crowning the oral tube (star). Note the mandible shaft (arrow). (b) Detail of the oral crown and border of blade-like setae (arrows). Note adjacent supporting labium. (c) High-resolution image showing the oral crown with rigid conical setae (circle). (d) Further high-resolution detail of rigid setae demonstrating the conical nature of the tips (arrows).
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