Collection: Nervous system of annelid and mollusk larvae

Species: Phyllodoce maculata (Linnaeus, 1767)    Annelida

Description: Nervous system of a free-swimming planktotrophic larva. Early pioneer neurons labeling main nerve structures (ventral cords, cerebral commissure, circumoral ring, nerve of the prototroch) and transitory larval structures (apical organ, sensory neurons). Cilia are shown in red, serotonin-containing nerve elements in green.

Comments: none

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin

Publications: Voronezhskaya E.E., Tsitrin E.B., Nezlin L.P. (2003) Neuronal development in larval polychaete Phyllodoce maculata (Phyllodocidae). J. Comp. Neurol. 455, 299-309.

Microscope: Leica TCS SP5