Collection: Nervous system of larvae and juveniles of dinophilids (Archiannelida)

Species: Dinophilus taeniatus Harmer, 1889    Annelida

Description: Cerebral ganglion, ventral nerve cord, mouth and circular ciliary bands innervation, as well as peripheral body wall innervation are visible. Alpha-tubulin staining revealed several types of surface cilia: locomotory and sensory.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, nerve plexus, cerebral brain or its part, dorsal (spinal) cord or ventral cord, ganglion / ganglia, connective, commissure, neuron(s), peripheral nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin,
Immunohistochemistry - nuclear staining with DAPI

Publications: Fofanova E.G., Mayorova T.D., Voronezhskaya E.E. (2017). Paradoxical effect of serotonin on ciliary locomotion of the adult archiannelid worms Dinophilus gyrociliatus and Dinophilus taeniatus (Annelida: Polychaeta) // Invertebrate Zoology. In Press.

Microscope: Nikon A1

Stacks: 

Head region of an adult individual of Dinophilus taeniatus.
Midportion of an adult individual of Dinophilus taeniatus.
Caudal end of an adult individual of Dinophilus taeniatus.