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From: The nervous system of the lophophore in the ctenostome Amathia gracilis provides insight into the morphology of ancestral ectoprocts and the monophyly of the lophophorates

Fig. 10

Reconstructions of the nervous system of the lophophore and tentacle sheath in Amathia gracilis. 3D-reconstructions (a, c) combined with volume renderings based on confocal image stacks. Volume renderings (b, d). Staining with antibodies against tyrosinated α-tubulin. Ends of the tentacles are on the top. a–b Anal view of the lophophore and the tentacle sheath. c–d Oral view of the lophophore and the tentacle sheath. Abbreviations: af - abfrontal tentacle nerve; cg - cerebral ganglion; con - circum-oral nerve ring; cpr - circum-pharyngeal nerve ring; its - intertentacular site; ldl - lophophoral dorso-lateral nerve; lf - latero-frontal tentacle nerve; ltsn - lateral tentacle sheath nerve; mf - medio-frontal tentacle nerve; mln - medio-lateral visceral nerve; mlts - medio-lateral tentacle sheath nerve; mts - medial tentacle sheath nerve; mvn - medial visceral nerve; oits - intertentacular site closest to the mouth; on - outer nerve ring; tsn - tentacle sheath nerve; tsr - tentacle sheath nerve ring

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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