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Figure. Arm III, sucker 8, Mt. pyrodes, NMNH 727463, 102 mm ML, immature female. Left - Oral view. Right - Side-oblique view. Photographs by R. Young.
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Figure. Arm IV, sucker 12, Mt. pyrodes, same specimen. Left - Oral view. Right - Side-oblique view. Photographs by R. Young.
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Figure. Oral view, sucker of tentaclular club, Mt. pyrodes, same specimen. Note the small, rounded teeth on the distal margin of the inner ring; the distal and proximal pegs of the inner series of pegs are virtually absent. Sucker has considerable debris attached. Photograph by R. Young.
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Mastigotragus pyrodes: Scanning electron microscopy of suckers
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