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From: Opisthobranch grazing results in mobilisation of spherulous cells and re-allocation of secondary metabolites in the sponge Aplysina aerophoba

Figure 3

Time-dependent re-distribution of spherulous cells upon wounding. Number of densely-stained spherulous cells per area (50,000 μm2) right at the surface (first 100 μm) (a) and within the first 600 µm (b). Spherulous cell density in grazing and mechanical damage were compared to the control at each Region Of Interest (ROI, each defined by a depth of 100 µm, starting from the surface, ROI 1, consecutively to the interior ROI 6). Note that there was no mechanical damage group at 3 days. Superscript number 1 and 2 denotes experiments performed in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Star indicates statistically significant differences. C control; G grazing; M mechanical damage.

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