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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. 1

Part of the Amathia gracilis colony; photographs of live animals. a Zooid with a portion of the stolon. b Different parts of the zooid body: cystid, collar, and a tentacle sheath. c Anterior part of a zooid: lophophore, tentacle sheath, and collar. The rugosity of the collar is evident. Abbreviations: co - collar; cys - cystid; lph - lophophore; tsh - tentacle sheath; st - stolon; zd - zooid

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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