<b>Figure 4.</b> Comparison of juvenile and adult morphology. <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ophiopleura_borealis" title="Category:Ophiopleura borealis">Ophiopleura borealis</a></i> Danielssen &amp; Koren, 1877. SEM images. <b>A</b>.early postlarva, lacking dorsal arm plates, interradial disc scales and radial shields, madreporite lateral; <b>B</b>. small (young) adult, scales partially obscured by thickened skin. <b>LAP</b>, lateral arm plate; <b>TP</b>, terminal plate. Scale bars in millimetres.
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