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Fig. 5 | Zoological Letters

Fig. 5

From: Tube construction by a tanaidacean crustacean using a novel mucus secretion system involving the anal opening

Fig. 5

Mucus on a cover slip. a, b AB (a) and AB + PAS (b) staining, light photomicrographs; insert is an image at lower magnification, with the square indicating the position of panel a; arrowheads, three regions stained dark-blue to mauve. c SEM image, with squares indicating positions of enlargements in df. d, e amorphous mucus globules. f Magnified image, with squares indicating positions of enlargements in g and h; arrowhead, bundle of filaments. g Meshed architecture in the mucus. h Bundle of filaments. Scale bars: 1 mm insert in a; 100 μm (ac, f); 20 μm (d, e); 1 μm (g, h)

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