Species: Strongylocentrotus nudus (Agassiz, 1864)    Echinodermata

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: E.E. Voronezhskaya, A.L. Obukhova

Description: Solitary larva, ventral view.

Method: catecholaminergic nervous elements (GIF)

Method Description: The method is described in: Obukhova A.L., Khabarova M.Yu., Voronezhskaya E.E. Selective visualization of monoamine uptake and synthesis system in sea urchin larvae Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816). Invertebrate Zoology, 2017, 14(2): 162–166.

Institution: Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS

Description: Three symmetrical cells at the base of each arm and solitary cells along the ventral arm surface are visible. Cell processes run along the arm ciliary bands. Faintly stained neurons are located around the mouth.

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - catecholaminergic nervous elements (GIF)