[The presence of para-esophageal bodies in Nematophora Lysiopetalidae (Myriapoda, Diplopoda)]

C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D. 1977 Jan;284(3):211-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Demonstration of paraoesophageal bodies presence in the Millipede Nematophora Lysiopetalidae, Callipus foetidissimus (Savi, 1819). As in the Iulidae, Blaniulidae, Strongylosomidae and Glomeridia the paraoesophageal bodies are neurohemal organs having their own secretory cells. Different hypothesies on the origin of secretions in the paraoesophageal bodies of Lysiopetalidae are proposed.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arthropods / anatomy & histology*
  • Esophagus / anatomy & histology
  • Neurosecretory Systems / anatomy & histology