Table 1.

Overview of the fate of amputated and incised animals

	Cutting level	Number of specimens	Fully regenerated (%)	Days until full regeneration	Days until death, if no full regeneration
Transversal amputation
Anterior regeneration	Just anterior of brain	11	81.82	About 2 weeks
	Just anterior of eyes	5	0
	Anterior half of pharynx	7	0		More than 9 weeks
	Middle of pharynx to gonads	114	0		More than 9 weeks
	Tail plate	13	0		Up to 8 days
Posterior regeneration	Posterior end of rostrum	12	0		Up to 3 days
	Posterior of eyes	13	0		Up to 3 days
	Mid of pharynx	15	0		Up to 6 days
	Middle to end of pharynx	35	14.29	About 25 days	Up to 16 days
	End of pharynx, a little bit of gut	50	58	About 3 weeks	Up to 14 days most within 7 days
	Possibly anterior tip of testes	11	90.91	About 17 days	2 days
	Mid of gonads	5	100	About 2 weeks
	Tail plate	32	100	6–10 days
Juveniles oblique amputation
Two-sided regeneration	Posterior of eyes and at tail plate	6	0		More than 3 weeks
	In rostrum and at gonad level	1	100	About 4 weeks
Repeated regeneration	Between testes and tail plate	20	100	Cut 29 times during 12 months
Posterior regeneration	Half of body to tail plate	24	0.63	2–4 weeks
Anterior regeneration	Between eyes	9	0
Posterior regeneration	Between eyes	9	0		Up to 3 days
Longitudinal incision
Anterior regeneration	Cut symmetrically	19	36.84	About 1 week
	Cut asymmetrically	28	39.29	About 1 week
Posterior regeneration	Cut symmetrically	13	53.85	About 1 week
	Cut asymmetrically	15	40	About 1 week