They have a thin, pale, segmented carapace that terminates in a whip-like flagellum, made up of 15 segments.
Vannier et al. note the Thylacocephala possess features which would suggest adaptations for swimming in dim-light environments - a thin, non-mineralized carapace, well-developed rostral spines for possible buoyancy control in some species, a battery of pleopods for swimming, and large prominent eyes.
It seemed as if Gore's thin hard carapace of impenetrability has been replaced by a thick, smooth gelatinous coating that is equally impenetrable.
He had livid blue-white skin and the network of facial veins was so visible through that thin carapace that he seemed to have walked through cobwebs, or tried to have frightening tattoos removed.
The original reconstruction by Fedonkin proposed that the ridged surface was a convex, thin carapace made of a chitin-like, non mineralized substance, protecting the animal while "creeping or gliding" over the sea bed.
The TRLH had a thin carapace which covered its back and curved down and inward to protect the central area of its underside.
The TRLH has a thin carapace which covers its back and curves down and inwards to protect the central area of its underside.
"God of Carnage" seemed to me Reza's best play so far: a dark and hilarious satire that succeeded in the French's favorite game-exposing in the haute bourgeoisie the thin carapace between civility and barbarity.