Figure 3From: Neuromuscular development of Aeolidiella stephanieae Valdéz, 2005 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)Postmetamorphic development of Aeolidiella stephanieae. Light micrographs. Anterior faces upwards and scale bars represent 100 μm in all aspects. All aspects are in dorsal view except for A which is a lateral view. (A) Early vermiform juvenile A. stephanieae (35% of development) with anlage of the rhinophores (r). Note that the body is covered by cilia (cil); e marks the eye and pp the propodium. (B) 26 days after oviposition (43% of development) the anlagen of the first cerata (c) and oral tentacles (ot) appear. (C) 30 days old juvenile A. stephanieae (50% of development) with cnidosacs (cn) at the cerata tips. Note that the rhinophores as well as oral tentacles are longer and thicker now. (D) 39 days after oviposition (65% of development) foot tentacles (ft), a tentacle-like elongation of the propodium, appear. Note that the oral tentacles are almost twice as long as the rhinophores and the additional pairs of cerata. (E) The gross morphology of a mature A. stephanieae (100% of development).Back to article page