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(a)
(b)
Figure 6.22 Some of the Antarctic terrestrial invertebrates found in the soil
:
(d)
(a)
Nematode (Credit: BAS);
(b)
an aggregation of springtails (Collembola)
floating
on a water
film (Credit: BAS);
(c)
Antarctic oribatid mites
Alaskozetes antarcticus
,
a group of adult (black) and juvenile along with predatory mesostigmatid mites
Gamasellus racovitzai
mating pair of
flightless
Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica, Antarctica's largest land animal
(Credit: R. E. Lee).
(orange) (Credit: BAS);
(d)
(c)
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