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Praesomal nerves in Leptorhynchoides thecatus (Acanthocephala: Rhadinorhynchidae)
Author(s) -
Gee Randall J.
Publication year - 1992
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.1052110305
Subject(s) - biology , acanthocephala , anatomy , proboscis , ganglion , commissure , free nerve ending , zoology , helminths
Abstract Investigated by light microscopy, the nerve pathways are described for the first time in the praesoma of a species of Rhadinorhynchidae. The pathways are described for 18 nerves, eight paired and two single, which originate from the cerebral ganglion and a post‐ganglionic cell and terminate in the body wall musculature and the proboscis. The location of three commissures formed by these nerves is also described.