Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Intravital and histological studies of the internal organization of the rhizocephalan barnacleSacculina polygenea

Intravital and histological studies of the internal organization of the rhizocephalan... We performed a short-term in vitro cultivation of interna fragments of the rhizocephalan barnacleSacculina polygenea, a parasite of the shore crabHemigrapsus sanguineus, and a histological study of an interna isolated from the host organism. It is shown that the colonial interna ofS. polygenea includes an extensive trophic system (a “root” system), which performs the functions of absorption, accumulation, and transportation of nutrients, and a reproductive system represented by numerous externa primordia at different stages of development. Vitellogenic oocytes were found in the ovary of the late primordia of externae. Thus, we observed the colonial structure of interna inS. polygenea with numerous elements of the reproductive and trophic systems and characteristic signs of fractal organization. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian Journal of Marine Biology Springer Journals

Intravital and histological studies of the internal organization of the rhizocephalan barnacleSacculina polygenea

Russian Journal of Marine Biology , Volume 26 (3) – Nov 18, 2007

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer_journal/intravital-and-histological-studies-of-the-internal-organization-of-eVMxdLws0a

References (9)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodica”
Subject
Life Sciences; Freshwater & Marine Ecology
ISSN
1063-0740
eISSN
1608-3377
DOI
10.1007/BF02759541
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

We performed a short-term in vitro cultivation of interna fragments of the rhizocephalan barnacleSacculina polygenea, a parasite of the shore crabHemigrapsus sanguineus, and a histological study of an interna isolated from the host organism. It is shown that the colonial interna ofS. polygenea includes an extensive trophic system (a “root” system), which performs the functions of absorption, accumulation, and transportation of nutrients, and a reproductive system represented by numerous externa primordia at different stages of development. Vitellogenic oocytes were found in the ovary of the late primordia of externae. Thus, we observed the colonial structure of interna inS. polygenea with numerous elements of the reproductive and trophic systems and characteristic signs of fractal organization.

Journal

Russian Journal of Marine BiologySpringer Journals

Published: Nov 18, 2007

There are no references for this article.