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Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Sternites are the rigid ventral plates. In order for trilobites, isopods and millipedes to enroll, these plates must dip below each other to allow flexure of the body. A – C, Thin sections of Ceraurus from the Walcott-Rust Quarry. E – F, Tomographic slice of terrestrial isopod.

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Sarah R. Losso

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