Vikberg Wernström, Joel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2902-7664
Smith, Julian III
Altenburger, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5258-8043
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Forskningsråd (RCN 276730)
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Article History
Received: 13 December 2023
Revised: 5 November 2024
Accepted: 19 November 2024
First Online: 7 January 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No testing on animals protected by international, national and/or institutional guidelines was performed during this study.
: The study does not contain sampling material or data from field studies that require approval. Genetic sequence information presented herein has been deposited in GenBank under accession number OR852428. Voucher specimens of Itaspiella helgolandica mounted on permanent slides have been deposited in the collections of The Arctic University Museum of Norway with collection numbers TSZY 601–604.
: The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.
: JVW, JS and AA conceived and designed research. JVW sampled, extracted and documented worm morphology, performed molecular lab work and drafted the manuscript. JS designed the antibody staining protocol and confocal microscopy approach. AA analysed sequence data and operated the confocal microscope together with JVW. All authors read and approved the manuscript.