文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Liu Xin ¹ ; Zhang Dong ¹ ; Lin Tingting ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Minist Agr, Key Lab East China Sea Fishery Resources Exploita, Shanghai 200090, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, East China Sea Fisheries Res Inst, Shanghai 200090, Peoples R China

关键词： androgenic gland;peppermint shrimp;Lysmata wurdemanni;sex change

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA （ 影响因子：0.913； 五年影响因子：1.012 ）

ISSN： 1672-5182

年卷期： 2017 年 16 卷 6 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The androgenic gland (AG) is an important endocrine gland for male reproductive function in crustaceans. In the present study, we investigated the histological characteristics of the androgenic gland of peppermint shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni. The peppermint shrimp matures as male first, then some individuals may become euhermaphrodite after several moltings (transitional phase). Euhermaphrodite-phase shrimp acts as male at intermolts. However, it can be fertilized as a female immediately after molting. Considering the male reproductive function acts in its lifespan except for at larval stages, and female reproductive system starts to develop at transitional phase, we hypothesized that AG activity might be reduced to allow and promote vitellogenesis onset in early transitional phase and the following euhermaphrodite phase. So AG cell structure might be different in three phases in L. wurdemanni. The results showed that AG exists in the male in transitional and euhermaphrodite phases. The gland cell clusters surrounding the ejaculatory ducts locate at the roots of the fifth pereopods. The nucleus diameters are similar in the three phases while the nucleus- to-cell ratio is the lowest in euhermaphrodite phase. Our results indicated that for the individuals that will become euhermaphrodite, the cellular structure of AG changes since transitional phase. Male reproductive function which is still available in euhermaphrodite-phase shrimp should be due to the existence of the gland.