Hydrocoel morphogenesis forming the pentaradial body plan in a sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus

Abstract Echinoderms constitute an animal phylum characterized by the pentaradial body plan. During the development from bilateral larvae to pentaradial adults, the formation of the multiple of five hydrocoel lobes, i.e., the buddings from the mesodermal coelom, is the firstly emerging pentameral ch...

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Main Authors: Sumio Udagawa, Takafumi Ikeda, Kohei Oguchi, Hisanori Kohtsuka, Toru Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09691-y