Girdle on preserved specimen from Orkney. February 2015. Leg. P. Lightfoot per J. Porter.
left: cuticle on the dorsal surface of the girdle, perinotum, fades to yellowish in alcohol. Covered in widely spaced spicules, visible at this magnification as fine particles.
right: whitish cuticle on the ventral surface of the girdle, hyponotum. Covered in closely packed spicules, visible at this magnification as fine particles.

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