Morphology of the digestive gland of the marine panpulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessonii: A cytological, histochemical, and ultrastructural description.
Siphonariidae
cell types
digestive gland
histochemistry
Journal
Journal of morphology
ISSN: 1097-4687
Titre abrégé: J Morphol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0406125
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2019
10 2019
Historique:
received:
18
03
2019
revised:
19
06
2019
accepted:
03
07
2019
pubmed:
18
7
2019
medline:
2
5
2020
entrez:
18
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The molluskan digestive gland has been widely studied and its structural and ultrastructural descriptions have allowed the understanding of its several functions. Despite siphonarids are broadly distributed around the world, morphological studies on their digestive system are poorly represented. The panpulmonate limpet Siphonaria lessonii is the most abundant gastropod and the dominant herbivore in the rocky intertidal coast of Buenos Aires. The aim of this study was to describe the morphology, histology, ultrastructure, and histochemistry of the digestive gland of this gastropod as well as the cycle of activity of digestion. For that, different histochemical techniques along with light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy were employed. This study revealed a complex epithelium, composed of a simple layer with five cell types. Digestive cells and vacuolated cells are responsible for intracellular digestion and energy accumulation; basophilic cells, secrete substances that would be involved in extracellular digestion; pigmented cells might have an excretory function and thin cells would correspond to undifferentiated cells. In addition, the tubules present a changing morphology according to the digestive activity that they undergo. As S. lessonii is a grazer that feeds continuously, the cycle of activity of the digestive gland seems to be daily.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1475-1484Informations de copyright
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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