AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY OF THE INTEGUMENT DURING THE MOLT CYCLE OF THE WOODLOUSE, ONISCUS-ASELLUS (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA)
AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL-STUDY OF THE INTEGUMENT DURING THE MOLT CYCLE OF THE WOODLOUSE, ONISCUS-ASELLUS (CRUSTACEA, ISOPODA)
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00998125
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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HOLDICH, DM
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PRICE, JB;HOLDICH, DM
Woodlice are unique among the arthropods in molting in 2 halves. The intramolt is 1.8 days in O. asellus, and results from the 2 halves being out of synchrony throughout the cycle. In the integument the initiation of a new molt cycle is heraled by epidermal cell vacuolation; later, the subepidermal tissue proliferates, and macrophages appear briefly. The cuticle layers are produced in order, starting with epicuticular structrues such as tricorns and plaques, followed by the biphasic epicuticle, the lamellate pre-ecdysial cuticle and, after ecdysis, the lamellate postecdysial cuticle. Epicuticle is formed in a continuous sheet along the distal epidermal membrane, and postecdysial cuticle from fibers formed within the cell body.sbd.both features not reported for other arthropods. Immediately prior to ecdysis, the epicuticle and pre-ecdysial cuticle are highly corrugated and the epidermis very constricted as the width of the ecdysing gap is increased by the new cuticle components withdrawing slightly beneath the old cuticle. At this time the space between the 2 cuticles appears devoid of the fluid that once occupied it, although the ecdysial membrane is still apparent. After ecdysis the appearance of the epicuticle changes due to chemical events occur, which make it relatively impermeable. At this time the pre-ecdysial cuticle also changes in appearance due to the physical stress of expansion. Large cuticle precursor vesicles, similar to those of other Crustacea, are particularly associated with postecdysial cuticle production. There are also numerous small vesicles associated with pre-ecdysial cuticle formation. The epidermal vacuoles disappear as postecdysial cuticle is produced so that, when it is complete, the epidermis is again a narrow cell layer. Apolysis occurs straight after this process, and shortly afterwards the cycle recommences. Unlike other arthropods, woodlice do not expand to break free of the old cuticle; instead they walk free of either 1/2 and then expand. Experimental evidence is given which suggests that woodlice do not take in water to achieve this expansion, but rather appear to employ internal hydrostatic pressure. Using published data from woodlice endocrinological studies as well as the present work, a possible method of hormonal control of the biphasic molt is suggested.