▁in ▁the ▁' der m ol yt ic ▁aut ot omy ' ▁of ▁Ge ck ole pis , ▁but ▁rather , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁pre formed ▁splitting ▁zone ▁between ▁the ▁inte g ument ▁and ▁the ▁underlying ▁connect ive ▁t issue . ▁They ▁also ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁der m ol yt ic ▁process ▁is ▁an ▁active ▁one , ▁where in ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁my of ib ro bl asts ▁in ▁the ▁splitting ▁zone ▁probably ▁contract , ▁followed ▁by ▁v aso con str iction ▁to ▁minim ise ▁blood ▁loss . ▁Their ▁find ings ▁were ▁question ed ▁by ▁A aron ▁M . ▁B auer ▁and ▁colle agues , ▁but ▁only ▁based ▁on ▁compar ative ▁evidence ▁from ▁other ▁ge ck os , ▁which ▁all ▁have ▁splitting ▁zones ▁within ▁the ▁inte g ument , ▁and ▁not ▁below ▁it . ▁Indeed , ▁no ▁subsequent ▁studies ▁have ▁yet ▁looked ▁at ▁this ▁mechanism ▁again , ▁but ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁repeated ▁calls ▁for ▁such ▁investigation , ▁especially ▁as ▁the ▁reg ener ative ▁properties ▁may ▁have ▁relev ance ▁for ▁human ▁medicine . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁The ▁genus ▁Ge ck ole pis ▁has ▁difficult ▁tax onomy ▁due ▁to ▁variable ▁ph ol idos is . ▁Rec ent ▁tax onom ic ▁and ▁gen etic ▁investigation ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁several ▁crypt ic ▁species ▁are ▁present ▁in ▁this ▁genus . ▁Rec ently , ▁Haw lit sch ek ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 6 ) ▁res ur rect ed ▁Ge ck ole pis ▁hum bl oti ▁from ▁syn onym y ▁with ▁Ge ck ole pis ▁mac ul