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A morphological study of the nervous system of the praesoma of Paulisentis fractus (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae)
Author(s) -
Gee Randall J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1051910209
Subject(s) - acanthocephala , proboscis , biology , anatomy , free nerve ending , ganglion , nervous system , apex (geometry) , neuroscience , zoology , helminths
The nerve pathways in the praesoma are described for a member of the class Eoacanthocephala for the first time. Eleven nerves, five paired and one single, are traced from the cerebral ganglion to their associations with the musculature of the body wall, neck sense organs, and the musculature of the proboscis wall and the invertor muscles of the proboscis. The structure and location of the stutzzelle and series of nerve endings in the hypodermis of the body wall and at the apex of the proboscis are described.