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ArticleJournal of morphology2021

The serotonergic nervous system of prolecithophorans shows a closer similarity to fecampiids than to triclads (Platyhelminthes).

Alexandra L Grosbusch, Philip Bertemes, Bernhard Egger

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Article in Journal of morphology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Alexandra L GrosbuschResearch Unit, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5439-6667
Philip BertemesResearch Unit, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8892-1538
Bernhard EggerResearch Unit, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6353-9458
Universität Innsbruck · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolecithophora is a poorly studied flatworm order belonging to the adiaphanidan clade, together with Tricladida and Fecampiida. The phylogenetic position of the three orders within this clade is not yet resolved. Additionally, no obvious synapomorphy other than an opaque epidermis could be found so far. In this study, the serotonergic nervous system of six different prolecithophoran species has been studied for the first time with a fluorescent immunocytochemical technique. We found that all six species show a similar pattern of the serotonergic nervous system. The typical prolecithophoran serotonergic nervous system consists of a cephalic ganglion in the anterior body part from which a pair of dorsal, ventral, and lateral longitudinal nerve cords originate. Furthermore, the three longitudinal nerve cords of one body side are connected to each other at the posterior body part by a conspicuous commissure. The ventral cords, which we consider the main cords, are most prominent and show double brain roots. A comparison of the nervous system within Adiaphanida shows clearly that prolecithophorans and fecampiids are much more similar in this regard than prolecithophorans and triclads.

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PhylogenyAnimalsBrainNerve TissueNervous SystemPlatyhelminthsSerotoninSerotonin5-HTAdiaphanidaorthogonProlecithophoraTurbellaria

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