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Fig. 6

From: Comparative morphology of the nervous system in three phylactolaemate bryozoans

Fig. 6

Details of lophophore innervation and cerebral ganglion in Cristatella mucedo. a, b cerebral ganglion (a view from above; b lateral view) (staining with antibodies against FMRFamide); c lophophore innervation (lateral view; epistome is outlined by blue colour) (catecholamine staining). Abbreviations: afn, tentacle abfrontal nerve; an, accumulations of neurons near bases of lateral tentacles; bn, bipolar neurons of tentacles; cnr, circumpharyngeal nerve ring; dn, distal branches of main radial nerve; fln, tentacle frontolateral nerve; fn, tentacle frontal nerve; g, cerebral ganglion; lh, lophophore nerve tract (horn); ln, lateral branches of main radial nerves; mrn, main radial nerve; npp, nerve plexus of pharynx; npr, nerve plexus of rectum; nr, nerve strands emitting from cerebral ganglion to rectum. Scale bars: 100 μm

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