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Organization of ligament of acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus beringianus Mikhailova et Atrashkevich, 2008 (Acanthocephala, Eoacanthocephala)

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The first data on the histology and ultrastructure of ligament of acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus beringianus have been reported. The analyzed acanthocephalans are shown to have a single ligament, which is assumed to be connected to the cutaneous muscles by its anterior part. The ligament wall is composed of a muscle tissue, which is similar to that of cutaneous muscles. The existing assumption regarding the identification of a ligament cavity as a coelom is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, 685000, Russia

    K. V. Kusenko & V. P. Nikishin

  2. North-East State University, Magadan, 685000, Russia

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Original Russian Text © K.V. Kusenko, V.P. Nikishin, 2017, published in Biologiya Vnutrennykh Vod, 2017, No. 2, pp. 25–29.

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Kusenko, K.V., Nikishin, V.P. Organization of ligament of acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus beringianus Mikhailova et Atrashkevich, 2008 (Acanthocephala, Eoacanthocephala). Inland Water Biol 10, 140–144 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082917020080

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