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SUBMITTER: Smith CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558020 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Carolyn L CL Pivovarova Natalia N Reese Thomas S TS
PloS one 20150902 9
Trichoplax is a small disk-shaped marine metazoan that adheres to substrates and locomotes by ciliary gliding. Despite having only six cell types and lacking synapses Trichoplax coordinates a complex sequence of behaviors culminating in external digestion of algae. We combine live cell imaging with electron microscopy to show how this is accomplished. When Trichoplax glides over a patch of algae, its cilia stop beating so it ceases moving. A subset of one of the cell types, lipophils, simultaneo ...[more]