Is the adhesive material secreted by sea urchin tube feet species-specific?

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clarify the general architecture and morphological variations of the autonomic cardiac nervous system (ACNS) in the African Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys), and to discuss the evolutionary changes between this system in African/Asian Cercopithecidae and humans. A detailed macroscop...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kawashima T,Akita K,Sato K,Sasaki H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of contact chemoreceptors in the cibariopharyngeal pump of the moth Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is described. Two types of receptors designated A and B are located on the floor of the pump. Two groups of 9-12 A receptors are located in the anterior part of the pump, and two groups of two B r...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Eaton JL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the allometric scaling relationships of the cetacean humerus, radius, and ulna. Bone lengths and diameters were measured for 20 species of odontocete and three species of mysticete cetaceans, representing eight of the nine extant cetacean families. The scaling of individual bone proportions (bone l...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Dawson SD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetrical monorchy, or the complete absence of one testis coupled with the presence of its bilateral counterpart, is reported for 174 species of the carabid beetle tribes Abacetini, Harpalini, and Platynini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on a survey of over 820 species from throughout the family. This condi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Will KW,Liebherr JK,Maddison DR,Galián J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of minimum-weight structures that retain their integrity under dynamic loading regimes has long challenged engineers. One solution to this problem found in both human and biological design is the optimization of weight and strength by hollowing a structure and replacing its inner core with supportive struts...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Dean MN,Huber DR,Nance HA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cetacean middle ears are unique among mammals in that they have an elongated tympanic membrane, a greatly reduced manubrium mallei, and an incudal crus longum that is shorter than the crus breve. Elongation of the tympanic membrane and reduction of the manubrium is thought to be related to an evolutionary rotation of ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kinkel MD,Thewissen JG,Oelschläger HA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis and sperm morphology have found many characters that are likely to provide clues to the phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes. However, the lack of information on many free-living groups has been a limiting factor. There is a single description of the spermatogenesis and spermatozo...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ponce de León R,Volonterio O

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salamanders possess kidneys with two distinct regions: a caudal pelvic portion and cranial genital portion. Nephrons of the pelvic region are responsible for urine formation and transport. Nephrons of the genital region transport sperm from testes to Wolffian ducts; however, nephrons of the genital region possess all ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hartley J,Gribbins KM,Siegel DS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphisabenia is a group of squamates adapted for a fossorial lifestyle. The skull is the animal's the main digging tool, and can present one of four principal shapes. The shovel-headed shape is considered to be the most specialized for digging. The South American genus Leposternon presents a shovel-headed morphotype, ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hohl LSL,Barros-Filho JD,Rocha-Barbosa O

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antennal circulatory organ of Periplaneta americana and Blaberus craniifer was investigated by light and electron microscopy. This organ consists of two pulsatile ampullae located near the antennal base which are interconnected by a large transverse muscle and associated blood vessels which run into the antennae. ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Pass G

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the attention squamate lizards have received in the study of digit and limb loss, little is known about limb morphogenesis in pentadactyl lizards. Recent developmental studies have provided a basis for understanding lizard autopodial element homology based on developmental and comparative anatomy. In addition,...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Leal F,Tarazona OA,Ramírez-Pinilla MP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hula Painted Frog (Latonia nigriventer) is a rare frog species endemic to the Hula Valley, Israel. The species is the sole relict of a clade that was widespread mainly in Europe from the Oligocene until the beginning of the Pleistocene. The osteological characteristics of L. nigriventer are described based on X-ra...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Biton R,Boistel R,Rabinovich R,Gafny S,Brumfeld V,Bailon S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure, attachment and subsequent metamorphosis of larvae of the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina were studied by light and electron microscopy. Two points of larval anatomy are of special significance to proper interpretation of the metamorphosis: 1 Two cytologically similar blastemal tissues, each laden with f...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Woollacott RM,Zimmer RL

更新日期：1971-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent discovery of a plethodontid salamander, Karsenia koreana, in Korea challenged our understanding of the biogeographic history of the family Plethodontidae, by far the largest family of salamanders, which otherwise is distributed in the New World with a few European species. Molecular studies suggest that Kar...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Buckley D,Wake MH,Wake DB

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of growth and variation of the appendicular skeleton were examined in Thorius, a speciose genus of minute terrestrial plethodontid salamanders from southern Mexico. Observations were based primarily on ontogenetic series of each of five species that collectively span the range of adult body size in the genus;...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hanken J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the phylum Cycliophora comprises only one described extant species of acoelomate marine invertebrates, Symbion pandora. Adult specimens live commensally on the mouthparts of the Norwegian lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. Its complicated life cycle includes an asexually produced Pandora larva and a sexually produ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wanninger A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular samples were collected to describe the ultrastructure of spermiogenisis in Alligator mississipiensis (American Alligator). Spermiogenesis commences with an acrosome vesicle forming from Golgi transport vesicles. An acrosome granule forms during vesicle contact with the nucleus, and remains posterior until m...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gribbins KM,Siegel DS,Anzalone ML,Jackson DP,Venable KJ,Rheubert JL,Elsey RM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interradicular periodontal ligament of mandibular molars contains an apparently unique dilated vessel straddling the interradicular alveolar bone. This structure is designated a venous ampulla. The vessel possesses a luminal length and width of approximately 200 X 100 microns, respectively. Ultrastructurally, the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sims MR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using immunohistochemical labeling against acetylated a-tubulin and serotonin in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy and 3D-reconstruction, we investigated the temporary freshwater pond inhabitant Branchinella sp. (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) for the first time to provide detailed data on the d...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Frase T,Richter S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two free-living marine euplotid ciliates, Pseudodiophrys nigricans and Diophrys japonica, collected from the coastal waters off Qingdao, northern China, were investigated using live observations and protargol impregnation methods. The cortical development of P. nigricans was observed during binary division. Although i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Fan Y,Warren A,Al-Farraj SA,Chen X,Shao C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the overall pattern and timing of gonadal sex differentiation have been established in a considerable number of teleosts, the ultrastructure of early stages of gonadal development is not well documented. In this study, gonads from larval and juvenile stages of laboratory-reared Cichlasoma dimerus were examine...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Meijide FJ,Lo Nostro FL,Guerrero GA

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abdominal cerci of the wood cricket, Nemobius sylvestris, are covered by a variety of hair-like sensilla that differ in length, thickness, and articulation. Fillings from the cercal nerves with cobalt chloride and fluorescent dyes revealed the projection of sensory axons into the terminal abdominal ganglion of the...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Insausti TC,Lazzari CR,Casas J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional variation in the vertebral column of several species of salamanders (families Ambystomatidae, Salamandridae and Plethodontidae) is analyzed. Measurements of three dimensions, centrum length, prezygapophyseal width, and transverse process length, provide the data. Ontogenetic, interspecific, intergeneric and i...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Worthington RD,Wake DB

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptaculum seminis, opening into the female genital tract, is found only in the metastriate ixodid ticks. An endospermatophore that has been inserted into the female genital aperture at copulation is first stored in the receptaculum seminis, where spermiogenesis is completed before the sperm ascend the oviducts....

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kakuda H,Mōri T,Shiraishi S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonads from three hermaphrodite species of different invertebrate phyla were studied at the ultastructure level. In the flatworm Dugesia biblica, male germ cells in different stages of development lay in the lumen of testicular follicles surrounded by overlapping parietal cells. The intercellular space formed by c...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： O'Donovan P,Abraham M

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structure of the mid-gut musculature of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria is described and compared with that of the visceral muscles of other species. The gross morphology and fine structure of the nervous system which supplies the mid-gut muscle fibres is described. ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Anderson M,Cochrane DG

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overall anatomy of Neodasys as well as data for hemoglobin-containing cells are described. Hemoglobin-containing cells are shown to be mesodermal specializations constituting approximately 14% of the animal's total body volume (4.87 ± 104 μl). These globular cells (10-14 μm) are situated in two longitudinal rows, ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ruppert EE,Travis PB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Puerto Rican tree frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, has internal fertilization and direct development on land. In light of these reproductive adaptations, the events of fertilization and early development were studied. Cytological examination of just-fertilized eggs showed that sperm entry is restricted to about 10% ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Elinson RP

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrissae or follicle-sinus complexes (F-SCs) are highly developed mammalian sensory structures. These blood-filled sinuses are richly innervated and possess novel mechanoreceptors. Although much is known regarding the function of F-SCs in terrestrial mammals, much less is known regarding marine carnivores such as pin...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sprowls CD,Marshall CD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High speed cinematography was used to record the feeding activities of terrestrial Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum. A description of these activities based on films of more than 50 feeding sequences is presented, and the mechanical units involved are defined, described, and functionally analyzed. Evolutionary implica...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Larsen JH Jr,Guthrie DJ

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00