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From: Complex insight on microanatomy of larval “human broad tapeworm” Dibothriocephalus latus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea)

Fig. 1

CLSM images of Dibothriocephalus latus (conventionally treated plerocercoid). Anterior body part with inverted scolex (a–c). Detail of apical part with two type of fibres (d–f). Area of main nerve cord near the posterior end of first third of plerocercoid body with 5-HT-IR bipolar neuron (g–i). Note solely β tubulin-IR fibres (straight arrows) and second type (sinuous arrows) showing 5-HT-IR and weak β tubulin-IR. Abbreviations: AHC, anterior head commissure; BN, bipolar neuron; FC, flame cell; HG, head ganglion; MNC, main nerve cord; N, neuron body; PHC, posterior head commissure

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