Body Wall
-:Body wall of Nereis:- The body wall is divisible into - (a) Cuticle. (b) Epidermis. (c) Muscles layers. (d) epidermis.  (a)Cuticle:- It is thin, slightly brittle and chitinous,non cellular. A number of minute openings are present on the cuticle through which the epidermal gland open to the exterior. (b) Epidermis:- This is formed by a single layer of cells. It is more thick on the ventral side specially near the parapod i al joints. The dorsal side of the epidermis is richly supplied with blood vessels. Numbers of 'twisted' unicellular glands are present specially on the ventral side. (c) Muscle layers:- The outer muscular layer is circularly arranged and the inner layer runs longitudinally. The longitudinal muscles are present in four bundles - two are dorso-lateral the remaining two are ventro-lateral . The circular muscle of dorsal and ventral sides are interconnected ...