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Fig. 9: pt - cross section of CVC radial arm

The radial arms of the CVC each contain a collecting canal (col) enclosed by a microtubular ribbon (arrowheads) split lengthwise into several smaller ribbons, a meshwork of smooth spongiome (ss) and, peripheral to this, the bundles of tubules of the decorated spongiome (ds). The microtubules along the collecting canal (col) are immunogold-labeled with anti-b-tubulin as are some single microtubules in the area. tric, trichocyst. EM taken on 7/8/96 by R. Allen with Zeiss 10A TEM. Neg. 7,900X. Bar = 1 µm.
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