Sponge neuroid cell extends arms that enwrap the feeding apparatus of a sponge digestive cell (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Sponge neuroid cell extends arms that enwrap the feeding apparatus of a sponge digestive cell

Caption

Sponge neuroid cell (orange) extends arms that enwrap the feeding apparatus of a sponge digestive cell (green) to create a link for targeted communication. The image was taken using electron microscopy.

Credit

Jacob Musser, Giulia Mizzon, Constantin Pape, Nicole Schieber / EMBL

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