FIGURE 5 in Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean

FIGURE 5. Cnidome of Alatina alata (all extracted from preserved material unless specified otherwise). A. Nematocyst bands along the length of the tentacle of a live specimen collected in Bonaire (June 2013). B. & E. Undischarged, microbasic heterotrichus p–euryteles extracted from tentacles; filaments associated with euryteles in B (USNM 1195807). C. Discharged microbasic heterotrichus p–eurytele extracted from tentacles of live medusa. D. Lancet contiguous with discharged tubule of microbasic heterotrichus p–eurytele extracted from tentacles (USNM 1195805) F. Small undischarged birhopaloid found in tentacles of preserved specimen USNM 1195807. G. Large undischarged holotrichus isorhizas found in nematocysts warts (i.e., bell warts & velarial lappet warts (USNM 1195802, neotype). H. Large discharged holotrichus isorhizas found in bell warts (USNM 1195802). H. Abbreviations: cp=capsule, fl=filaments, ln=lancet, nbnd=nematocyst band, sft=shaft, tb=tubule. Scale bars: ~150 µm (A), 10 µm (B, E, F), 25 µm (C), 20 µm (G, H).Published as part of Lewis, Cheryl, Bentlage, Bastian, Yanagihara, Angel, Gillan, William, Blerk, Johan Van, Keil, Daniel P., Bely, Alexandra E. & Collins, Allen G., 2013, Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean, pp. 473-487 in Zootaxa 3737 (4) on page 481, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/527049