Physiology of the digestive tract of the sedentary polychaete Terebellides stroemi |
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Authors: | C Michel M Bhaud P Boumati S Halpern |
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Institution: | (1) Unité 239, INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale), Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, (Université Paris VII), 16, rue Henri Huchard, F-75018 Paris, France;(2) Laboratoire Associé 117, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Laboratoire Arago, (Université Paris VI), F-66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France;(3) Laboratoire de Biophysique, Faculté de Médecine, (Université Paris XII), 8, rue du Général Sarrail, F-94010 Créteil-cédex, France |
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Abstract: | The digestive tract of the sedentary polychaete Terebellides stroemi, collected from 88 m depth on the French Catalan Coast, was studied using histological, biochemical, cytological and spectrographic techniques. The ciliated oesophagus possesses a ventral pharyngeal pouch with a muscle bulb. The stomach is divided into two parts, the fore stomach is ciliated, but the hind stomach takes the place of a gizzard with a thick peritrophic membrane and a thick muscle mantle. The digestive gland enters the digestive tract at the boundary of the two stomachal areas; it is comprised of epithelial lamellae with a glandular epithelium. The gland cells contain a spherocrystal secretion with a high calcium and phosphorus content. The cells are also absorbant due to their microvillar brush border and to the storage of glycogen and lipids in the basal epithelium. A biochemical study using the Apizym System confirmed the secretion of enzymes such as phosphatases, esterases and various carbohydrases. Tryptic and chymotryptic enzymes were visualized by biochemical hydrolysis of synthetic substrates. The epithelium of the fore intestine is similar in appearance to the epithelium of the digestive gland, but consists of a single epithelial layer. Hind intestine and rectum are only excretory systems. The presence of this digestive gland does not seem to have been described elsewhere in polychaetes but is similar to the Morren's gland of some oligochaetes. The study was carried out during 1982 and 1983. |
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