Species: Phyllodoce maculata (Linnaeus, 1767)    Annelida

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: L.P. Nezlin, E.E. Voronezhskaya

Description: Whole mount preparation of a phyllodoce larvae, view from the mouth opening (frontal view).

Method: acetylated alpha-tubulin, serotonin

Method Description: The method is described in:
Voronezhskaya E.E., Tsitrin E.B., Nezlin L.P. (2003) Neuronal development in larval polychaete Phyllodoce maculata (Phyllodocidae). J. Comp. Neurol. 455, 299-309.

Institution: Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS

Description: Nervous system of a free-swimming planktotrophic larva. Early pioneer neurons labeling main nerve structures (ventral cords, cerebral commissure, circumoral ring, nerve of the prototroch) and transitory larval structures (apical organ, sensory neurons). Cilia are shown in red, serotonin-containing nerve elements in green.

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin