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Figure 5

From: The nervous system of Paludicella articulata - first evidence of a neuroepithelium in a ctenostome ectoproct

Figure 5

Cross-sections of tentacles of Paludicella articulata . a) Semi-thin section through 3 tentacles. b) TEM-Overview of a tentacle cross-section, with the 4 tentacle nerves, the 2 basiperitoneal cells and the centrally situated tentacle coelom visible. c) Detail of the 3 frontal tentacle nerves. d) Detail of the ultrastructure of an abfrontal tentacle nerve. e) Detailed view of a basiperitoneal cells with inherent sections of microtubules. f) TEM-Image of a basiperitoneal cell, also with sections through inherent microtubules. Abbreviations: afn, abfrontal tentacle nerve; bpc, basiperitoneal cell; ecm, extracellular matrix; lfn, latero-frontal tentacle nerve; mfn, medio-frontal tentacle nerve; mt – microtubules, p, peritoneum; spc – subperitoneal cell; tc, tentacle coelom.

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