The bilaterally symmetric rhopalial nervous system of box jellyfish
(2006) In Journal of Morphology 267(12). p.1391-1405- Abstract
- Cubomedusae, or box jellyfish, have the most elaborate visual system of all cnidarians. They have 24 eyes of four morphological types, distributed on four sensory structures called rhopalia. Box jellyfish also display complex, probably visually guided behaviors such as obstacle avoidance and fast directional swimming. Here we describe the strikingly complex and partially bilaterally symmetrical nervous system found in each rhopalium of the box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora, and present the rhopalial neuroanatomy in an atlas-like series of drawings. Discrete populations of neurons and commissures connecting the left and the right side along with two populations of nonneuronal cells were visualized using several different histochemical... (More)
- Cubomedusae, or box jellyfish, have the most elaborate visual system of all cnidarians. They have 24 eyes of four morphological types, distributed on four sensory structures called rhopalia. Box jellyfish also display complex, probably visually guided behaviors such as obstacle avoidance and fast directional swimming. Here we describe the strikingly complex and partially bilaterally symmetrical nervous system found in each rhopalium of the box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora, and present the rhopalial neuroanatomy in an atlas-like series of drawings. Discrete populations of neurons and commissures connecting the left and the right side along with two populations of nonneuronal cells were visualized using several different histochemical staining techniques and electron microscopy. The number of rhopalial nerve cells and their overall arrangement indicates that visual processing and integration at least partly happen within the rhopalia. The larger of the two nonneuronal cell populations comprises 2,000 likely undifferentiated cells and may support a rapid cell turnover in the rhopalial nervous system. (Less)
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- Skogh, Charlotta ; Garm, Anders LU ; Nilsson, Dan-E LU and Ekström, Peter LU
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- 2006
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- Contribution to journal
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- keywords
- box jellyfish • rhopalium • eyes • neurons • bilateral symmetry
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- Journal of Morphology
- volume
- 267
- issue
- 12
- pages
- 1391 - 1405
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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- wos:000242617300001
- scopus:33845667866
- pmid:16874799
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- 1097-4687
- DOI
- 10.1002/jmor.10472
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- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{Cubomedusae, or box jellyfish, have the most elaborate visual system of all cnidarians. They have 24 eyes of four morphological types, distributed on four sensory structures called rhopalia. Box jellyfish also display complex, probably visually guided behaviors such as obstacle avoidance and fast directional swimming. Here we describe the strikingly complex and partially bilaterally symmetrical nervous system found in each rhopalium of the box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora, and present the rhopalial neuroanatomy in an atlas-like series of drawings. Discrete populations of neurons and commissures connecting the left and the right side along with two populations of nonneuronal cells were visualized using several different histochemical staining techniques and electron microscopy. The number of rhopalial nerve cells and their overall arrangement indicates that visual processing and integration at least partly happen within the rhopalia. The larger of the two nonneuronal cell populations comprises 2,000 likely undifferentiated cells and may support a rapid cell turnover in the rhopalial nervous system.}},
author = {{Skogh, Charlotta and Garm, Anders and Nilsson, Dan-E and Ekström, Peter}},
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keywords = {{box jellyfish • rhopalium • eyes • neurons • bilateral symmetry}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{12}},
pages = {{1391--1405}},
publisher = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
series = {{Journal of Morphology}},
title = {{The bilaterally symmetric rhopalial nervous system of box jellyfish}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10472}},
doi = {{10.1002/jmor.10472}},
volume = {{267}},
year = {{2006}},
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