First ultrastructural investigation of the pharynx apparatus of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora)

Authors

  • Gero Hilken Central Animal Laboratory, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany
  • Joerg Rosenberg Central Animal Laboratory, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany

Keywords:

centipedes, foregut, pistil, pharynx furrow, fine structure

Abstract

The organisation and possible function of the pharynx apparatus of Scutigera coleoptrata was first described in 1967 by Seifert. The pharynx apparatus in the foregut of S. coleoptrata consists of a ballshaped outgrowth of the dorsal pharyngeal wall, the pistil, and a cooperating ventral groove, the pharynx furrow. Here we present new structural details of the pistil and the pharynx furrow with its underlying epithelium, using LM, TEM, and SEM techniques.

Published

2009-12-01

How to Cite

Hilken, G. ., & Rosenberg, J. . (2009). First ultrastructural investigation of the pharynx apparatus of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora). SOIL ORGANISMS, 81(3), 327. Retrieved from https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/30

Issue

Vol. 81 No. 3 (2009)

Section

ARTICLES

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