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Fig. 6

From: Movement and storage of nematocysts across development in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005)

Fig. 6

Nematocyst movement in a Berghia stephanieae juvenile. Video stills (Additional file 3: Video 2) showing the rapid movement of nematocysts (fractions of a second) both into and out of the cnidosac via contractions of the digestive gland. In A–C a nematocyst enters the cnidosac (yellow dots) within 0.4 s; In (D–F), the same nematocyst moves out of the cnidosac in 0.6 s; (F) Shows the full path of the nematocyst through time. Abbreviations: cs, cnidosac; en, entrance; dg, digestive gland

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