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FINE-STRUCTURE OF THE PYLORIC GLANDS IN POLYDESMUS-ANGUSTUS LATZEL AND GLOMERIS-MARGINATA VILLERS (DIPLOPODA)


Authors list: SCHLUTER, U

Publication year: 1980

Pages: 307-319

Volume number: 94

Issue number: 3


Abstract: 
Exocrine glands found in the anterior hindgut of the millipedes P. angustus and G. marginata should be termed pyloric glands. The pyloric glands of P. angustus are appropriately differentiated hindgut epithelial cells. Every cell shows secretory activity. In g. marginata the pyloric glands are composed of the secretory transitional and canal cells. The size and form of the pyloric glands are related to length of the hindgut. The pyloric gland secretion is dispersed on the hindgut intima as a thin film. This secretion layer seems to influence the permeability of the hindgut and play an essential role in the reabsorption of water and other important compounds.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: SCHLUTER, U. (1980) FINE-STRUCTURE OF THE PYLORIC GLANDS IN POLYDESMUS-ANGUSTUS LATZEL AND GLOMERIS-MARGINATA VILLERS (DIPLOPODA), 94(3), pp. 307-319

APA Citation style: SCHLUTER, U. (1980). FINE-STRUCTURE OF THE PYLORIC GLANDS IN POLYDESMUS-ANGUSTUS LATZEL AND GLOMERIS-MARGINATA VILLERS (DIPLOPODA). 94(3), 307-319.



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