Schematic depiction of A. Pseudechinolaophonte minuta gen. et comb. nov.; B. Echinolaophonte armiger and C. Echinolaophonte horrida, illustrating and exemplifying the general shape of the cuticular structures located dorsally on the cephalothorax and free body somites of the closely-related taxa treated in the present contribution. The assigned numbers reflect the corresponding morphological characters as listed in Table 2. Explanations are given in the text.