Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of rhabditophoran “turbellarians” (Plathelminthes, Rhabditophora)

Species: Microdalyellia picta (O. Schmidt, 1848)    Turbellaria

Description: The anterior body end of the turbellarian Microdalyellia picta (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) showing the musculature of the body wall and pharynx and the nervous system stained with antibodies to alpha-tubulin. The series shows the brain, three pairs of longitudinal nerve cords (ventral, lateral and dorsal) that arise from the brain and the pharyngeal nervous system (nerve ring of the juncture line, longitudinal nerves that extend from the ring in the anterior and posterior directions, transverse and circular nerves of the pharynx and neurites running to the receptor cells of the pharyngeal papillae).

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, nerve plexus, cerebral brain or its part, commissure, musculature innervation / musculature, nerve, receptor cell(s), visceral nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - alpha-tubulin,
Histochemistry - F-actin in muscle fibers (Phalloidin)

Publications: none

Microscope: Leica TCS SP5

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Nervous system of the turbellarian Microdalyellia picta (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes). Anterior end of the body.
Musculature of the turbellarian Microdalyellia picta (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes). Anterior end of the body.
Nervous system and the musculature of the turbellarian Microdalyellia picta (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes). Anterior end of the body.