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Fig. 18 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 18

From: Somatic musculature in trematode hermaphroditic generation

Fig. 18

Himasthla elongata cercariae, body-wall musculature (ventral side). a: arrangement of superficial body-wall musculature around the ventral sucker opening; b: postacetabular region; c: preacetabular region; d: body-wall musculature near the ventral sucker. al – anteriolateral muscle fibers; ar – anterioradial muscle fibers; cm – circular muscle fibers; dm – diagonal muscle fibers; icm – bent and medially interrupted circular muscle fibers; ium – muscle fibers of iU-shaped set; lm – longitudinal muscle fibers; pr – posterioradial muscle fibers; os – oral sucker; vllm – ventrolateral longitudinal muscle bands; vmlm – ventromedial longitudinal muscle fibers; vs – ventral sucker. Scale bars 10 μm

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