25 de setembro de 2013

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Brush-heads (Loricifera): Pliciloricus sp. These fantastical creatures were only discovered in 1974 and not described formally by science until 1983. Only a fraction of a millimetre long, the complex anterior structure is called an 'introvert' and sprouts a telescopic mouth cone, several stylets and hundreds of spines. The trunk is encased in plates like a suit of armour