Gelatinous Siphon Sheath Templates the Starfruit-Shaped Aragonite Aggregate Growth

Figure 3

Enlarged views of the boxed areas in Figures 2(a)-2(c). An aragonite with an irregular shape is shown in (a). (b) An immature starfruit-shaped aragonite aggregate made up of lamella and covered by ACC (black arrows) is shown in (b). A mature starfruit-shaped aragonite aggregate built from many lamellas is shown in (c).

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