Ultrastructure of aesthetasc innervation and external morphology of the lateral antennule setae of the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus (Randall)

Six types of setae and one type of cuticular depression were examined on the lateral antennule of the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus using scanning electron microscopy. The organization and ultrastructure of the innervation of the most numerous setal type, the aesthetasc, were investigated usin...

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Published in:Cell and tissue research 1986-01, Vol.245 (1), p.69-80
Main Authors: SPENCER, M, LINBERG, K. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Chemoreceptor Cells - ultrastructure
Crustacea
Dendrites - ultrastructure
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Morphology. Histology. Cytology
Nephropidae
Neurons - ultrastructure
Organoids - ultrastructure
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Summary:Six types of setae and one type of cuticular depression were examined on the lateral antennule of the spiny lobster Panulirus interruptus using scanning electron microscopy. The organization and ultrastructure of the innervation of the most numerous setal type, the aesthetasc, were investigated using light- and transmission electron microscopy. Each aesthetasc is innervated by approximately 300 bipolar neurons whose sensory dendrites penetrate the hair and extend toward the tip, and whose axons project towards the central nervous system. The neuronal somata and two types of glia form a cluster within the antennular lumen. The inner sheath-cell somata encircle the dendritic tract distal to the sensory somata. These cells appear to extend distal processes which wrap the dendritic tract to the base of the aesthetasc. Elongate outer sheath cells are interposed between the glia-wrapped dendritic tract and the hypodermis which underlies the antennule cuticle. A continuous investment of neural lamella separates the hypodermis, the entire cluster of somata, and sensillar nerve from the antennule lumen. The organization of the neuronal somata and their association with outer and inner sheath cells in this marine species appear similar to those of crustaceans from freshwater and terrestrial habitats.
ISSN:0302-766X
1432-0878
DOI:10.1007/BF00218088