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Amorphous calcium phosphate in the stylets produced by a marine worm (Nemertea)

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Electron microprobe analyses of the calcified stylets produced by the nemertean wormAmphiporus formidabilis reveal large calcium and phosphorus peaks. IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction indicate that the calcium and phosphorus in stylets constitute an amorphous calcium phosphate rather than a crystalline mineral phase.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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  2. Incumbent of the Graham and Rhona Beck Career Development Chair, Isotope Department, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76 100, Rehovot, Israel

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Stricker, S.A., Weiner, S. Amorphous calcium phosphate in the stylets produced by a marine worm (Nemertea). Experientia 41, 1557–1559 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964805

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