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From: Catostylus tagi: partial rDNA sequencing and characterisation of nematocyte structures using two improvements in jellyfish sample preparation

Fig. 4

Nematocytes of C. tagi viewed with Masson’s trichrome staining using optical microscopy. Arrows highlight operculum. Collagenous materials in green or blue. Red colour is attributed to cationic proteins. a and b Euryteles; shaft stained in red and around it a green material filling the capsule. c Undefined nematocyst with a green material filling the core. d Birhopaloid, all stained in red due to its tubule which fulfills the inner capsule. Bars: (a and b) 5 μm; (c and d) 4 μm

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