SEM microphotographs of Pletholophus guangzhouensis sp. nov. glochidia. A. Closed valves of glochidia; B. Open valves of glochidia; C. Hinge of glochidia; D. Hook of glochidia; E. Microspines on the ventral margin of glochidia; F. Pores on exterior glochidial valve surfaces.

 
 
  Part of: Dai Y-T, Chen Z-G, Hu C-L, Ouyang S, Huang X-C, Wu X-P (2024) Description of a new freshwater mussel species of Pletholophus, Simpson, 1900 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(4): 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.131019