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Fig. 18 | Organisms Diversity & Evolution

Fig. 18

From: Pharynx associated musculature in the Stilbonematinae (Desmodoroidea, Nematoda) with focus on the spiral muscle as a synapomorphic trait between Dorylaimia and Chromadoria

Fig. 18The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Spiral musculature of Chromadorida. CLSM micrographs. Buccal dilators in brown, somatic muscles in blue, spiral musculature in green. Anterior to the left (a) Chromadorina sp. Anterior pharynx. (b) Chromadorina sp. Posterior pharynx. (c) Paracyatholaimus sp. Pharynx area (d) Pomponema sp. Posterior pharynx. (e) Synonchiella sp. Posterior pharynx. (f) Marylynnia sp. Posterior pharynx area. Pharynx was removed using mechanical pressure. The musculature surrounding the pharynx still present. Abbreviations ap anterior pharynx, b base of the pharynx, bd buccal dilators, sm somatic musculature, sp spiral muscle. Scalebars (a) 10 µm (b) 20 µm (c) 40 µm (d) 50 µm (e) 40 µm, (f) 40 µm

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