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Scanning electron micrographs of Protopolystoma xenopodis egg features. (A) Fully embryonated egg, operculum visible (← Op). (B) Operculum becoming visible as the egg develops (← Op). (C) A residual structure on the non-opercular side of the egg. (D) An empty egg shell after the oncomiracidium has left. (E) Egg shell indicating the thickness of an individual parasite egg shell at the opercular opening.
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