Micro-computed tomography scan and virtual histological slide data for the land planarian Obama otavioi (Platyhelminthes).

ABSTRACT:

Background

We investigated whether images obtained through X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) can be used in conjunction with traditional methods for morphological studies of soft-bodied land planarians. μCT is non-invasive and provides true-to-scale three-dimensional imagery at high resolution. We compared μCT-based images of a recently described land planarian species of Obama otavioi (Platyhelminthes) with those obtained from light microphotography of histological sections, most of which were also digitized at high magnification.

Findings

The specimens studied were collected in 2012. Subsequent μCT-based images of the stained body of a paratype show nearly all morphological features provided by traditional histology, with the exception of particularly minute structures

SUBMITTER: Carbayo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4793757 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature