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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Doklady Biological Sciences</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Doklady Biological Sciences</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Доклады Российской академии наук. Науки о жизни</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2686-7389</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-5057</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">693500</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S2686738925040066</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">First Data on Typhlosole of Ascidian Styela clava: Structure and Function</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Первое описание тифлозоля асцидии <sup>STYELA CLAVA</sup>: строение и предполагаемая функция</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kobeletskaya</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кобелецкая</surname><given-names>М. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>temereva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Temereva</surname><given-names>E. N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Темерева</surname><given-names>Е. Н.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>temereva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет им. М. В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-08-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>08</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>523</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 523, NO (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 523, № (2025)</issue-title><fpage>417</fpage><lpage>420</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-16"><day>16</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/2686-7389/article/view/693500">https://journals.eco-vector.com/2686-7389/article/view/693500</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The ascidian Styela clava is an invasive species that easily colonizes new water areas and has wide distribution. We discovered a previously undescribed typhlosole, which was studied using histological techniques, transmission electron microscopy and computer microtomography. The typhlosole is a large fold of the dorsal intestinal wall, starting in the lower quarter of the stomach and continuing to the rectum. Its shape varies greatly: from a rounded protrusion to a spirally twisted fold. The typhlosole is formed by the intestinal epithelium, a thick layer of connective tissue in which the pyloric tubules and blood vessels pass. The epithelium is formed by glandular, ciliated, and non-ciliated cells demonstrating apocrine secretion. The typhlosole intensifies cavitary digestion and absorption of nutrients. The discovered features may contribute to high digestion efficiency even in low-productive waters, determining the biological success of this species.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Асцидия Styela clava – инвазивный вид, легко колонизирующий новые акватории и имеющий широкий ареал. Нами обнаружен ранее не описанный тифлозоль, который был изучен методами гистологической техники, просвечивающей электронной микроскопии и компьютерной микротомографии. Тифлозоль – это крупная складка дорсальной стенки кишечника, начинающаяся в нижней четверти желудка и продолжающаяся до ректума. Его форма сильно меняется: от округлого выпячивания до спирально закрученной складки. Тифлозоль образован кишечным эпителием и толстым слоем соединительной ткани, в котором проходят пилорические трубочки и кровеносные сосуды. Его эпителий образован железистыми, ресничными и безресничными клетками, демонстрирующими апокриновую секрецию. Тифлозоль интенсифицирует полостное пищеварение и всасывание питательных веществ. Обнаруженные особенности могут способствовать высокой эффективности пищеварения даже в акваториях, с обедненным планктоном, что определяет биологический успех этого вида.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>typhlosole</kwd><kwd>digestive system</kwd><kwd>histology</kwd><kwd>morphology</kwd><kwd>Ascidiacea</kwd><kwd>invasive species</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>тифлозоль</kwd><kwd>пищеварительная система</kwd><kwd>гистология</kwd><kwd>морфология</kwd><kwd>Асцидии</kwd><kwd>инвазивные виды</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено в рамках государственного задания МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова 04-1-21 и 16-1-21.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Delsuc F., Brinkmann H., Chourrout D., et al. 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