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. 2010 Nov 3;5(11):e13793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013793

Figure 1. Cotylorhiza tuberculata. Various stages of its life history.

Figure 1

Pictures obtained during the simulation of Cotylorhiza tuberculata life cycle in the laboratory. A) Symbiotic zooxanthellae in the tissue of the mature medusae (scale 50 μm); B) Planula (scale 50 µm); C) Detail of scyphistomae on the leaves of the marine angiosperm Cymodocea nodosa (scale 2 mm); D) Budding scyphistoma (scale 500 μm); E) Scyphistoma initiating strobilation (scale 500 μm); F) Scyphistoma totally developed and scyphistoma about to liberate an ephyra (scale 500 μm); G) Ephyra (500 μm); H) Metaephyra (scale1 mm); I) Young medusa (scale 1 mm). Authors of the pictures: C. Lama: A; J.B.Ortiz: B; L.Prieto: C; D.Astorga: D–I.