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Description: English: Ascothoracida. A–D, larval diversity of selected Ascothoracida. A, an early, live Baccalaureus nauplius larva. B, an early, live Zibrowia nauplius larva. C, D, a Tessmann’s larva or a-cypris (C), with hooked antennules (D). E–N, adult diversity of selected Ascothoracida. E–G, the coral Turbinaria, showing the galls formed by the ascothoracidan Petrarca. Insert in E shows the galls in cross-section, with red Petrarca inside the coral skeleton. F, Petrarca. G, magnified view of Petrarca. H, Synagoga arabesque, with extended, hooked first antennules. I, J, Ascothorax rybakovi on the brittle star Ophiacantha pacifica. K, a free Dengrogaster sp. L–N, the zoanthid Palythoa with Baccalaureus sp. inside. Abbreviation: a1, first antennule. Fig 2C photographed by ND and Dr. Jørgen Olesen, Natural History Museum of Denmark. Date: 25 February 2021. Source: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/3/789/6149353. Author: Benny K K Chan, Niklas Dreyer, Andy S Gale, Henrik Glenner, Christine Ewers-Saucedo, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Gregory A Kolbasov, Keith A Crandall, Jens T Høeg.