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Left View
Left view, showing appendages in neutral position.


Left Comparison Image
Computer-generated model (left), compared with image of Pareuchaeta norvegica from Rose(1933). Rose was evidently working with a dead specimen. Note that the legs are flipped backward instead of the normal forward resting position of live individuals.


Left Close-Up
Close-up view, showing capture appendages in neutral position.


Top Comparison Image
Computer-generated model (left), compared with image of Euchaete norvegica from Hardy(1965). The sack under the tail of Hardy's animal is an egg sack, which our model does not have.


Top Oblique View
This view is difficult to obtain with physical specimins.


Top Oblique Close-Up


Bottom Oblique View


Head-On Capture View


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