Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of lower bilateral animals (Xenacoelomorpha)

Species: Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard, 1806)    Acoela

Description: Dorsal view. One can see the brain and 3 pairs of longitudinal nerve cords (dorsal, dorsolateral and lateral). Thicker proximal parts of the longitudinal cords form the commissural brain. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, nerve plexus, cerebral brain or its part, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

Publications: Мамкаев Б.В., Котикова Е.А. О морфологических особенностях нервного аппарата бескишечных турбеллярий // Зоол. журн., 1972. Т. 51, вып. 4. С. 477 – 489.

Microscope: MBI-6 with a film photocamera