Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

The cerebral neurosecretory system in the Brackishwater Tiger prawn Penaeus monodon (Fabricius).

Volume 34 Issue 1&2

P. K. Ghosh and D. K. Nanda

Abstract

Histomorphology of the cerebral ganglion of a penaeid prawn P. monodon has been studied by means of classic neurosecretory staining techniques. Three kinds of neurosecretory cells namely A, B and C are distinguished on the basis of their shape, size and tinctorial characteristics of the cytoplasmic inclusions. Heterogeneous distribution of neurosecretory cells in five major groups like B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5 has been discussed in relation to the phylogenetic status of P. monodon. Further occurrence of deeply stained tiny cell cluster at the mid-ventral plane of the ganglion is abo reported. Intracerebral axonal tracts leading to optic lobe suggests dispatch of neurosecretory material/cellular products through axonal processes and from the body of secretory neurons as well.

Date : 31-10-1992

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