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(Chaetonotus)

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  • 80 - 370 µm - Scales unilobed with posterior incision
  • Scales keeled at least up to half
  • spines start at the posterior end
  • spine length +/- the same, lengthens slightly to the posterior end
  • all scales (except sometimes one dorsal / posterior) spined
  • short spined field dorsal / posteriorly



80 Species:


Chaetonotus (C. ) hoanicus

200 µm - 260 µm
Dorsal scales: Head: 18-19 rows; body 10-11 rows with a total of 33-40 thin, strongly overlapping heptagonal to rectangular scales (19µm x 9µm), each bearing a spine (2µm - 40µm) with a secondary tip; short spiny field at the rear end
Ventral scales: ventral intermediate field with two curved, keeled terminal plates;8-9 rows of keel scales (partly spiny); oval, smooth scales in the pharynx region
Particularities: Distinct system of pharyngeal veins


Chaetonotus (C. ) illiesi



Chaetonotus (C. ) intermedius



Chaetonotus (C. ) invitatus



Chaetonotus (C. ) jaceki



Chaetonotus (C. ) laroides



Chaetonotus (C. ) larus



Chaetonotus (C. ) linguaeformis



Chaetonotus (C. ) lobo



Chaetonotus (C. ) longisetosus