Figure 4

Schematic representations of the tentacle innervation and the central nervous system of Paludicella articulata . a) Sagittal view of the lophophore and the lophophoral base. b) Cross-section through one tentacle of the lophophore, demonstrating the tentacle innervations by 4 tentacle nerves. Abbreviations: ano, abfrontal nerve origin; afn, abfrontal tentacle nerve; cor, circum-oral nerve ring; ecm, extracellular matrix; if, intertentacular fork; lfn, latero-frontal tentacle nerve; mfn, medio-frontal tentacle nerve; p, peritoneum; tc, tentacle coelom.