| Title |
Larval anatomy of the pterobranch Cephalodiscus gracilis supports secondarily derived sessility concordant with molecular phylogenies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00114-013-1117-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas Stach |
| Abstract |
Pterobranchs have been interpreted as "missing links" combining primitive invertebrate features with advanced vertebrate-like characteristics. The first detailed morphological description of an ontogenetic stage of a pterobranch, based on digital 3D-reconstruction at electron microscopic resolution, reveals a triploblastic animal with monociliated epithelia, an extensive coelomic cavity, a through gut with an asymmetrically developed gill slit but no signs of planktonic specializations, such as ciliated bands. Therefore, this crawling larva supports the hypothesis proposed in previous molecular phylogenetic studies that pterobranchs could be derived within enteropneusts rather than being "missing links". |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 13 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 33% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 20% |
| Professor | 2 | 13% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 1 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 67% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 1 | 7% |
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