Journal article
Authors list: ROSENBERG, J; SEIFERT, G
Publication year: 1977
Pages: 247-251
Journal: Cell and Tissue Research
Volume number: 182
Issue number: 2
ISSN: 0302-766X
eISSN: 1432-0878
Publisher: 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.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: ROSENBERG, J. and SEIFERT, G. (1977) COXAL GLANDS OF GEOPHILOMORPHA (CHILOPODA) - ORGANS OF OSMOREGULATION, Cell and Tissue Research, 182(2), pp. 247-251
APA Citation style: ROSENBERG, J., & SEIFERT, G. (1977). COXAL GLANDS OF GEOPHILOMORPHA (CHILOPODA) - ORGANS OF OSMOREGULATION. Cell and Tissue Research. 182(2), 247-251.
