| Saint Patrick's Breastplate is a lorica, or hymn, which is attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century. |
| This segmented armour provided good protection for vital areas, but did not cover as much of the body as lorica hamata or chainmail. |
| The animals are similarly fastened to the lorica, sometimes directly, sometimes by means of a short stalk. |
| Sometimes the mouth becomes twisted and the lorica is therefore bilateral. |
| The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica. |
| The sessile amoeba is encased in a hyaline, flattened lorica, which holds the MCB and connects to the meroplasmodium. |
