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Science 7 February 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3867, pp. 586 - 587
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3867.586
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Unique Envelope of a Jellyfish Ovum: The Armed Egg

Daniel Szollosi 1

1 Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98105

The eggs of Bougainvillia multitentaculata are spawned with an envelope consisting of a single layer of cnidocvtes. The cnidocytes are surficial On eggs, cleavage stages, and young blastulae. During gastrulation, the cnidocytes are Incorporated intO the ectoderm and become an integral part of the planula.


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