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Gastrointestinal Tract of Penaeus Aztecus Ives, 1891 (Decapoda, Natantia), a Histologic Study

Gastrointestinal Tract of Penaeus Aztecus Ives, 1891 (Decapoda, Natantia), a Histologic Study GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF PENAEUS AZTECUS IVES, 1891 (DECAPODA, NATANTIA), A HISTOLOGIC STUDY BY R. H. RIGDON Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550, U.S.A. and D. J. MENSIK BioMedical Research, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas 77541, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Young (1959) described the gastrointestinal tract of the white shrimp, Penaeu.r setif erus (L.), and included a group of beautiful drawings. He considered the digestive system as composed of three units: the stomodaeum or foregut, which includes the esophagus and gastric mill; the midgut or mesenteron that extends from the gastric mill to the hindgut gland; and the hindgut or the proctodaeum which included the rectal gland, rectum and anal canal. Roberts (unpubl.) reviewed the literature referable to the stomach in decapods and described the stomach in Penaeus setiferus (as P. f luviatili.r Say). He emphasized the morphology, function and food path through the cardiac and pyloric stomach. Roberts included a group of drawings to illustrate these characteristics of the shrimp. In reviewing the data on the gastrointestinal tract of shrimp, we observed that Young (1959) referred to a structure in the posterior section of the gastric mill as the dorsal (pyloric) gland, the function http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Gastrointestinal Tract of Penaeus Aztecus Ives, 1891 (Decapoda, Natantia), a Histologic Study

Mensik, D.J.; Rigdon, R.H.
Crustaceana , Volume 30 (2): 164 – Jan 1, 1976
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GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF PENAEUS AZTECUS IVES, 1891 (DECAPODA, NATANTIA), A HISTOLOGIC STUDY BY R. H. RIGDON Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550, U.S.A. and D. J. MENSIK BioMedical Research, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas 77541, U.S.A. INTRODUCTION Young (1959) described the gastrointestinal tract of the white shrimp, Penaeu.r setif erus (L.), and included a group of beautiful drawings. He considered the digestive system as composed of three units: the stomodaeum or foregut, which includes the esophagus and gastric mill; the midgut or mesenteron that extends from the gastric mill to the hindgut gland; and the hindgut or the proctodaeum which included the rectal gland, rectum and anal canal. Roberts (unpubl.) reviewed the literature referable to the stomach in decapods and described the stomach in Penaeus setiferus (as P. f luviatili.r Say). He emphasized the morphology, function and food path through the cardiac and pyloric stomach. Roberts included a group of drawings to illustrate these characteristics of the shrimp. In reviewing the data on the gastrointestinal tract of shrimp, we observed that Young (1959) referred to a structure in the posterior section of the gastric mill as the dorsal (pyloric) gland, the function

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Published: Jan 1, 1976

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