Figure 4 in Micro-terraforming by Antarctic springtails (Hexapoda: Entognatha)

• Main Author: Hawes, Timothy C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3990081

Figure 4. Microstructural unit 'cemented' together by exuviae and teased apart to reveal it is composed of six small stones (size c.1–2 mm). Images: (A) single 'cemented' unit; (B–D) first stone separated, with (D) close-up of separation; (E) a second stone is separated; (F–H) a third stone is separated, with (G) closeup of exuviae; (I–K) separation of fourth stone, with (I) close-up of exuviae; (K–M) fifth and sixth stones separated, with (M) close-up of exuviae; (N) all six stones separated; (O) all six stones beside the 1-cm mark of a ruler for scale. (White arrows highlight exuvial attachment on separating stones.) Published as part of Hawes, Timothy C., 2015, Micro-terraforming by Antarctic springtails (Hexapoda: Entognatha), pp. 817-831 in Journal of Natural History 50 on page 826, DOI:10.1080/00222933.2015.1091098, http://zenodo.org/record/3990073