Photo Gallery of Acoel Turbellarians

The actin filaments of these turbellarian flatworms were stained with a fluorescent stain - Alexa 488 phalloidin, to reveal a complex meshwork of musculature.

Ventral musculature of Stomatricha hochbergi Hooge, 2003

 

Ventral musculature of Praeconvoluta castinea Hooge & Tyler, 2003

 

Parenchymal musculature of Praeconvoluta castinea Hooge & Tyler, 2003

 

Ventral musculature of Convoluta pulchra Smith & Bush, 1991

 

Ventral musculature of Praeaphanosotma wadsworthi Hooge & Tyler, 2003

 

Ventral body-wall musculature of Pseudmecynostomum phocum Hooge & Tyler, 2003
 
Ventral musculature of Pseudmecynostomum folium Hooge & Tyler, 2003
 
Parenchymal muscles at the anterior end of Proporus bermudensis
 
Male copulatory apparatus of Praeconvoluta tornuva