Data on the interposition of the immunoreactive nerve cords in Cercaria parvicaudata Stunkard & Shaw, 1931 (Trematoda: Renicolidae) and its chaetotaxy were obtained. The nervous system of C. Parvicaudata was described using immunostaining of 5-hydroxytryptamine and FMRFamide immunoreactive nerve elements. The morphology and distribution of sensory receptors were analysed using scanning electron microscopy and the silver nitrate impregnation technique. Our integrated approach to the study of the nervous system revealed a clear colocalization of surface papillae with nerve cords and commissures in C. Parvicaudata. The structure of the nervous system in C. Parvicaudata differs partly from the classical model that defines the entire nomenclature of chaetotaxy.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere45
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Helminthology
Volume94
Early online dateMay 2019
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

    Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Parasitology

    Research areas

  • Cercaria parvicaudata, Microphalloidea, Renicolidae, Xiphidiocercariae, chaetotaxy, immunostaining, nervous system, scanning electron microscopy, sensory receptors, stylet cercariae, DIGENEA, SENSORY RECEPTORS, TRANSMISSION, ULTRASTRUCTURE, CHAETOTAXY, PARASITE

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