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Fig. 13: longitudinal section of toxicyst

Toxicysts in proter of dividing cell. Toxicysts can be very long and are aligned along microtubular lamellae that extend from the cytopharynx. The extra myelin-like membrane (arrows) can be seen bordering two of the three toxicysts shown. fv, food vacuole. EM taken on 5/20/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 6,370X. Bar = 1µm.
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