Identification of gut contents and microscopical observations of the gut epithelium of the macrophagous ascidian Cibacapsa gulosa Monniot and Monniot 1983 (Phlebobranchia, Octacnemidae)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Lescano, María Natalia, Fuentes, V. L., Sahade, Ricardo Jose, Tatian, Marcos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ASCIDIAN; CIBACAPSA GULOSA; MACROPHAGOUS; PREY ITEMS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Argentina; Marcos; Ricardo; Antarc*; Antarctica; Copepods
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/229737

Octacnemids represent a different pathway in the evolution of the typical filter-feeding ascidians. We examine and identify the prey items in the gut contents and describe the cell types that constitute the inner wall of different sections of the gut of the macrophagous octacnemid Cibacapsa gulosa c...