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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. 14

Organization of tentacles in Amathia gracilis. a Semithin transverse section of tentacle base. Zonality of the tentacle epithelium is evident. b Ultrathin transverse section of the frontal and latero-frontal zone of the tentacle base. Abbreviations: az - abfrontal zone; cc - coelomic cavity; cu - cuticle; ECM - extracellular matrix; fc - frontal cell; fz - frontal zone; lf - latero-frontal tentacle nerve; lfc - latero-frontal cell; lz - lateral zone; mi - microvilli; mf - medio-frontal tentacle nerve; pl - pylorus

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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