The inner cell membrane of the syncytical tegument of Platyhelminthes is connected to finger-like protrusions of parenchymal cells (Platyhelminthes, Figs. 11 and 19), the cell body (cyton) of which is situated below the circular and longitudinal muscle bundles. These connections, which pass the basal lamina, led in earlier light microscopic studies to descriptions such as “sunken epithelium” for the body wall of platyhelminths (Platyhelminthes/Integument).
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(2016). Sunken Epithelium. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3048
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