Figure 6From: Detailed reconstruction of the musculature in Limnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa) and comparison with other GnathiferaMusculature and reconstruction of the jaw apparatus of Limnognathia maerski in dorsal view. Anterior is on the top for all the pictures. A, B, C: ventral part of the jaw system. D, E, F: median part of the jaw system. G, H, I: dorsal part of the jaw system. A, D, G: CLSM of phalloidin stained muscle system, dorsal view of a projection of a sub sample of the Z-stack. B, E, H: enlightenment of the different muscle systems of the jaws. C, F, I: schematic drawing of the dorsal view of the myoanatomy of the jaw system linked to the cuticular elements in greys. Jaw drawing after Sørensen [6]. as: accessory sclerite; afm: anterior fibularium-main jaw muscle; cm: caudal muscle; dj: dorsal jaws; djm: dorsal jaw muscle; fib: fibularium; lm: pharyngeal lamella muscle; lp, pharyngeal lamella; lfm: lateral fibularium-main jaw muscle; mfm: median fibularium-main jaw muscle; mj: main jaws; pp: pseudo-phalangium; vjm: ventral jaw muscle; vpm: ventral pharyngeal muscles; z-b: Z-bands of the cross striated muscles of the ventral pharyngeal muscle.Back to article page