Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of free-living flatworms (Plathelminthes, "Turbellaria")

Species: Cycloporus japonicus Kato, 1944    Turbellaria

Description: Ventral view. Image shows one pair of longitudinal ventral nerve cords that produce numerous branches. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Comments: none

Organs: nerve cord, nerve plexus, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

Publications: Котикова Е.А. Ортогон плоских червей и основные пути его эволюции // Морфологические основы филогенетики плоских червей. Тр. Зоол. ин-та АН СССР. 1991. Т. 241. С. 88 – 111.

Microscope: MBI-6 with a film photocamera