Saint Patrick's Breastplate is a lorica, or hymn, which is attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century. |
Sometimes the mouth becomes twisted and the lorica is therefore bilateral. |
Stiff cuticles are simple to recognize, and loricate genera can often be recognized based upon lorica shape alone. |
This segmented armour provided good protection for vital areas, but did not cover as much of the body as lorica hamata or chainmail. |
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. |