Journalartikel

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 1977

Seiten: 247-251

Zeitschrift: Cell and Tissue Research

Bandnummer: 182

Heftnummer: 2

ISSN: 0302-766X

eISSN: 1432-0878

Verlag: Springer

Abstract: 
The organs terminating at the coxal pores of the tug-legs of Geophilomorpha [Geophilus linearis, Necrophloeophagus longicornis and Haplophilus subterraneus] are not repugnatorial glands, but possess typical transport epithelia with deep apical and basal infoldings of the cell membranes, between which numerous large mitochondria are located. Many transport vesicles are found in the basal region but fewer in the apical cytoplasm. The apex is characterized by bundles of longitudinally oriented microtubules, sparse endoplasmic reticulum and free ribosomes. Single neurosecretory axons with synaptoid areas are scattered among the cells. The coxal organs may have a diuretic function in moist habitats and an antidiuretic effect in arid environments. The switch-over is evidently controlled by a neuroendocrine mechanism.

Harvard-Zitierstil: ROSENBERG, J. and SEIFERT, G. (1977) COXAL GLANDS OF GEOPHILOMORPHA (CHILOPODA) - ORGANS OF OSMOREGULATION, Cell and Tissue Research, 182(2), pp. 247-251

APA-Zitierstil: ROSENBERG, J., & SEIFERT, G. (1977). COXAL GLANDS OF GEOPHILOMORPHA (CHILOPODA) - ORGANS OF OSMOREGULATION. Cell and Tissue Research. 182(2), 247-251.