Journal: Marine Life Science & Technology
Article Title: Morphology and mitochondrial genome-based analysis of the systematics and evolution of Acanthochitona species (Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae)
doi: 10.1007/s42995-026-00362-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: Morphological comparison of five Acanthochitona species. Valves I, V, and VIII were photographed under a light microscope mounted with a Leica MC190 HD camera and processed using Helicon Focus v8.2.2. Dorsal girdle tufts, the lateropleural area of valve V tegmentum, dorsal girdle spicules, and radula were imaged using a Hitachi SU8220 field emission scanning electron microscope
Article Snippet: Their microstructural features were captured with a SU8220 field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) (Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan).
Techniques: Comparison, Light Microscopy, Microscopy