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Giant Nerve Fibre of Myxicola Infundibulum (Grube)

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MANY of the Annelids possess relatively large nerve fibres in their central nervous system, and those of the earthworm among the Oligochætes, and of Halla, Arenicola, Clymenella and Axiothea among the Polychætes, have been studied. The giant fibres in these forms arise either from a single nerve cell in the case of Halla1, or each fibre from numerous nerve cells in the case of the other forms mentioned2. According to several writers3, the single nerve fibre in the ventral nerve cord of the Sabellid, Myxicola infundibulum, is exceptionally large and we have, therefore, prepared serial sections of this species.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford

    J. A. C. NICOL

  2. Department of Anatomy, University College, London

    J. Z. YOUNG

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NICOL, J., YOUNG, J. Giant Nerve Fibre of Myxicola Infundibulum (Grube). Nature 158, 167–168 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158167b0

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