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Squid hatchlings are shown to use their transitory set of integumental cilia as a locomotory organ when they cross the gelatinous envelopes of the eggs.
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The assistance of Mrs D. Guillaumin and Mrs M. André (Service de Microscopie électronique à balayage, 105 Boulevard Raspail, Paris) in making the scanning electron micrographs is gratefully acknowledged. I thank Dr Peter Boyle (Zoology Department, University of Aberdeen) for his critical reading of the manuscript and for his valuable suggestions.
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v. Boletzky, S. Ciliary locomotion in squid hatching. Experientia 35, 1051–1053 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01949935
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