Palps across the tree - the neuronal innervation and development of sensory head appendages in Annelida.

ABSTRACT: Polychaetes inhabit a wide variety of habitats and show a great morphological diversity. In this context, a key morphological structure for adapting to their individual lifestyles and ecological niches are the prominent head appendages. In the last years more and more studies focused on the mainly sensory annelid head appendages - namely the antennae, palps, buccal lips and cirri - to unravel the evolutionary origin and phylogeny of Annelida. Unfortunately, comparable data for most of the polychaete families are lacking so far, especially when it comes to features of the larval anterior nervous system and the related innervation and potential homology of these head appendages. In this study, we therefore use an integrative morphological approach including immunohistochemistry and confocal

SUBMITTER: Kalke P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794354 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature