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Figure 3


Fig. 3. In animals that have skeletons as adults, desiccation tolerance is restricted to juvenile stages: (A) SEM of a tolerant, encysted gastrula (diameter, 0.2 mm) of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana; (B) desiccation-sensitive, adult A. franciscana (length ~1 mm); (C) active and desiccated larvae of the fly Polypedilum vanderplanki. Photos by James Clegg (A,B) and Takashi Okuda (C).