A novel endocast technique providing a 3D quantitative analysis of the gastrovascular system in Rhizostoma pulmo: An unexpected through-gut in cnidaria

The investigation of jellyfish gastrovascular systems mainly focused on stain injections and dissections, negatively affected by thickness and opacity of the mesoglea. Therefore, descriptions are incomplete and data about tridimensional structures are scarce. In this work, morphological and function...

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Main Authors: Massimo Avian, Lucia Mancini, Marco Voltolini, Delphine Bonnet, Diego Dreossi, Vanessa Macaluso, Nicole Pillepich, Laura Prieto, Andreja Ramšak, Antonio Terlizzi, Gregorio Motta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352040/?tool=EBI