Fine structure and phylogenetic significance of ‚flexo-canal epidermal glands‘ in Chilopoda

Abstract: In a comparative light and electron microscopic study, we examined isolated (scattered) epidermal glands, located on the head flanks of various scutigeromorph, lithobiomorph, craterostigmomorph, scolopendromorph and geophilomorph Chilopoda. We describe a distinct type of epidermal glands, named ‘flexo-canal epidermal glands’. This type of epidermal gland is commonly found in all chilopod subtaxa, excluding Scutigeromorpha. The ‘flexo-canal epidermal glands’ exhibit a constant arrangement of one secretory cell, one intermediary secretory cell as well as one canal cell that release the secretion to the outside. Further characteristic features of ‘flexo-canal epidermal glands’ are: 1) their tendency to occur in small aggregations in the direct vicinity of sense organs, 2) a thin, elongated and strongly convoluted/meandering conducting canal running through the canal cell, 3) the presence of a more or less expanded central cavity surrounded by the canal cell, 4) the absence of widening.... https://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/24

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Fine structure and phylogenetic significance of ‚flexo-canal epidermal glands‘ in Chilopoda ; volume:81 ; number:3 ; year:2009 ; Soil organisms ; 81, Heft 3 (2009)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Mueller, Carsten H. G. ; Rosenberg, Joerg ; Hilken, Gero

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023080204323802112556
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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