Bathyplectes anurus jumping costs and benefits

Video is from the paper: Costs and benefits of larval jumping behaviour of Bathyplectes anurus. At this moment in the video you can clearly see that the larvae have cavity structures along one portion of their body. Is it possible that this is what gives the larvae the ability to jump? Link to the paper: Link to the original video: Related to the work of Victor Grebennikov
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