Hydra Muscle and Neurons Map (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Hydra Muscle and Neurons Map

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Hydra are freshwater organisms, only a few millimeters in length. Here, muscle fibers are in sepia and the nerve net is in blue/green.

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John Szymanski

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