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Fig. 6 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 6

From: Do novel genes drive morphological novelty? An investigation of the nematosomes in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Fig. 6

Phagocytes in nematosomes. a A thin section of a nematosome showing four cnidocytes (white arrowheads) and at least five cells with abundant apical vacuoles (black arrows). b At higher magnification, several organelles are visible: (mvb) multivesicular body, (Ly) lysosome-like vesicle, and (En) endosome-like vesicle. c An optical section through a single nematosome showing sub-surface localization of fluorescently-labeled E. coli (white arrows) and latex beads (inset)

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