Fig. 7

Nervous system and copulatory organ of adult Dinophilus gyrociliatus dwarf males as shown from immunoreactivity against acetylated α-tubulin. Maximum intensity projections of CLSM-images. a) Lateral overview of a dwarf male (complete z-stack), and b) posterior transverse section through the copulatory organ (also showing nuclei with DAPI-staining in cyan). Abbreviations: adc – anterior dorsal ciliation, avc – anterior ventral ciliation, cpfm – circumpenial fibre mass, drcc – dorsal root of the circumesophageal connective, epg – epidermal gland, gd – gland ducts, pg – penis ganglion, pvc – posterior ventral commissure, spd – spermioduct, sv – seminal vesicle, test – testis, vnc – ventral nerve cord, vrcc – ventral root of the circumesophageal commissure