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Fig. 2

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

Fig. 2

CLSM images of Dibothriocephalus latus on the level of CNS (heat-treated plerocercoid). Anterior part of the plerocercoid with everted scolex. Note two nerve plexuses (arrow heads) and the fibres (straight arrow) running towards the tegument (ac). Detail of nerve plexus (arrowheads) and adjacent long fibres reaching the tegument on the most apical part of scolex (straight arrows) and shorter fibres with bulky subtegumental nerve cell bodies on the lateral side (sinuous arrows). Note more numerous β tubulin-IR fibres in comparison with 5-HT-IR fibres in apical part of scolex (df). Anterior body part shows position of CNS compartments and nerve plexus (arrowhead); white dots demark posterior margin of bothria (g). Detail of transversal commissures (asterisk) connecting main nerve cord with nerve plexus (h). Abbreviations: FC, flame cell; HG, head ganglion, MNC, main nerve cord; N, neuron body

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