This view of the head with plates 1-2 shows the overlapping oval scales on the girdle, the globular bumps on the lateral parts of the plates, and the longitudinal ridges in the center portions of the plates which diverge anteriorly.
This view of the posterior end with plates 6-8 shows similar features. The longitudinal ridges in the central parts of the plates are more clearly visible here.
Lepidozona mertensii, 3.4 cm long, found under rocks at Sares Head. Anterior end (head and plate 1) is to the left. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2012 )
