Figure 27. Halichaetoderma aureum sp. nov. A, head dorsal scales are narrowly oblong. B, C, trunk dorsal and lateral scales are broadly tongueshaped with a truncated posterior end. D, trunk dorsolateral scales are roughly hexagonal with rounded edges. E, interciliary field scales are narrowly oblong. F, upper-furcal dorsal scales are oblong with a bluntly acute anterior end and a truncated posterior end. G, upper-furcal ventral scales are relatively big, claviform, and posteriorly truncated. H, internal morphology. ceph, cephalion; das, differentiated anterior section of intestine; int, intestine; m, mouth; ph, pharynx.

Published as part of Križanová, Františka Rataj & Vďačný, Peter, 2024, A Heterolepidoderma and Halichaetoderma gen. nov. (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae) riddle: integrative taxonomy and phylogeny of six new freshwater species from Central Europe, pp. 283-335 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on page 325, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad079, http://zenodo.org/record/11240054