Stylet
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The stylet or stomatostyle, is the primitive mouth-parts of the nematode. It actually presents as a hardened protrusible opening to the stomach.
The stylet is adapted for the piercing of cell walls, providing the operative organism with access to the nutrients contained within the prey cell.
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External link
- Anatomy and Morphology website, U.C. Davis (http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/General/Anatomy/digestive.htm)
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