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A selectively isolated fragment (b) of the aspiculate fibrous skeleton of V. gracilenta (a) shows autofluorescence (c) that is characteristic for chitin. The non-homogenous fluorescence can be explained by the presence of a residual mineral phase observed using SEM (d, e).
