Additional file 5.

Video 5 – Molting ypsigon. Ypsigon, 48 hours after escape from the y-cyprid. Now in the process of molting, while still exhibiting vigorous movements of the body (this is the same specimen as shown in Figures 2C and 2D). Note how the first ypsigon cuticle is clearly separated from the new one by a wide empty space. The internal structure of the ypsigon has not changed noticeably during the molt.

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Glenner et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:21   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-21