Certain neurons in the nervous system of the malacostracan crustaceans give rise to a predominantly green and a sparse yellow fluorophore in the histochemical fluorescence method of Falck-Hillarp. The same applies to the whole of Crustacea. The green fluorophore is probably a catecholamine; the yellow to brown-yellow has not yet been identified.The biogenic amine responsible for the green fluoresc

A comparative investigation of the distribution of monoaminergic neurons in non-malacostracan crustaceans was performed with the histochemical fluorescence method of Falck-Hillarp.Two fluorophores were found: the more widespread of the two emits a green fluorescence; and the more sparsely distributed emits a yellow to brown-yellow fluorescence.Specific green fluorescent areas were shown to exist i

The ommatidia of the compound eyes of Artemia salina L. are normally composed of four crystalline cone cells containing glycogen. The cells are enveloped by two so-called “cellules épidermiques juxta-cristallines”. There are also six pigmented retinula cells, all contributing to the rhabdom.A peculiar feature of the Artemia crystalline cone cells is that their elongated parts, the so-called cone c

The pigment cells of the compound eye of the shrimps (Crangon crangon andC. allmani) were studied by electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) and microspectrophotometry. The compound eyes of these species contain light-absorbing and -reflecting pigments contained in granules, located in 5 different cells. The light absorbing pigment granules (light screen) are situated in (1) the distal pigment cells, (2

Eltringham's organ is a club-like projection from the posterior margin of hind-wings of some myrmeleontid insects. It bears laterally directed setae, each having a specialized epidermal cell beneath, which gives off secretion into a sub-setal lumen. The lumen continues into the wall of the moat-like socket of the setae. Eltringham's organ fits into an excavation of the lateral body wall connected

Chromatophores, with chemically identified pigment, from the body and eyes of crustaceans were investigated ultrastructurally. Red carotenoid-, black ommochrome-, and white pteridine-containing chromatophores were found to have pigment granules of different morphological appearance.

The ultrastructure of the primary pigment cells of the compound eye of Lepisma saccharina is described. The cells are four in number. The pigment granules are contained in fingerlike protrusions from the pigment cells. These protrusions project into the enlarged basal lamina surrounding the ommatidial top. The large basal lamina could have given the impression of a cell (called corneagen) in the l

With the fluorescence method of Falck and Hillarp, the presence and localization of monoaminergic neurons in the optic ganglia of several crustaceans and insects have been investigated. It was found that in both classes the monoaminergic terminals, when present, appeared (especially in the medullae externa and interna of the crustaceans and the medulla of the insects) in strata specific for each s

A study was made on the penetration and cellular uptake of two protein tracers, albumin labelled with Evans blue (EBA) and horseradish peroxidase (HP), in the nervous system of the crayfish following systemic and local administration. Followingsystemic injection, EBA did not diffuse freely from the cerebral vessels into the brain parenchyma. When the tracers werelocally applied on the surface of t

The ultrastructure of the paired nerves, previously called frontal organ or X-organ, in copepod crustaceans was investigated. These nerves, run- ning from the anterior margin of the brain to the frontal edge of the animals, are found to contain the dendrites of three types of morpho- logically different sensory neurons. The first unit consists of two dendrites (distinguished by their myelinization

The cavity receptor organ (previously X-organ or organ of Bellonci) of Artemia salina consists of ciliated neurons whose cilia protrude into a cavity beneath the cuticle. The neuronal dendrites penetrate a giant accompanying cell and epidermal cells before entering the cavity. The cavity beneath the cuticle, the ciliated neurons and the connexion with the medulla terminalis justifies a homologizatThe cavity receptor organ (previously X-organ or organ of Bellonci) of Artemia salina consists of ciliated neurons whose cilia protrude into a cavity beneath the cuticle. The neuronal dendrites penetrate a giant accompanying cell and epidermal cells before entering the cavity. The cavity beneath the cuticle, the ciliated neurons and the connexion with the medulla terminalis justifies a homologizat

The ultrastructure of the chromatophores of two decapod crustaceans, Crangon crangon and Pandalus borealis, is investigated. The pigment appears macroscopically as small units, so-called chromatosomes. These contain separate chromatophores of different colors, and each color is composed of several chromatophores. Each chromatophore contains pigment granules, tubuli (ca. 210 Å), a network of cister

The internal morphology of the crustacean larval form that Hansen (1899) called nauplius y has revealed a remarkably advanced early nauplius. The nervous system is well developed and differentiated. It is connected with the anlagen of the compound eyes. A presumed filamentous base of the SPX-organ connects with these. The nauplius eye is present in a three-partite form with two retinula cells in e

A new photoreceptor in the Copepoda is described. The organ, previously called Gicklhorn's organ (Elofsson, 1966a), is paired and is usually situated beneath the cuticle of the front. Each member of the pair consists of two cells. From the anterolateral position, two nerves lead to the lateral part of the brain. No connexion with the nauplius eye is found. Each cell of the organ has microvilli, tw

On the basis of ontogeny and adult morphology, an interpretation of the arrangement of optic neuropiles and fibre connexions of the Crustacean compound eye is presented. In the embryo of phyllopods and decapods, the ommatidia, the lamina ganglionaris, and the medulla externa are developed synchronously from a common medial proliferation zone. As this zone persists in all investigated adult Crustac

The brain, the compound eyes and the ocelli are described for some zygentomid species. Special interest has been focused on Tricholepidion gertschii, a newly discovered, primitive species. The brain morphology shows great similarities in the general shape and in details within the whole suborder. The compound eyes of Tricholepidion gertschii and Lepisma saccharina resemble each other closely. The

The ultrastructure of the specialized nauplius eye of three species of the copepod genusSapphirina was investigated. The gross morphology described earlier (Elofsson, 1966a) was confirmed. The ventral cup is covered by a red pigment and the lateral cups by a red and a black pigment. The ultrastructural configuration of the pigment granules was found to differ in the two kinds of pigment cells. The

The development of the compound eyes and nervous system of the penaeid shrimp,Penaeus duorarum, from the first nauplius to the first postlarva, has been studied. The first anlage of the compound eyes is a pair of optic discs on the front of the animal. These increase in size through cell-division until the second protozoea stage, where the eye-stalks appear with ommatidia and optic neuropiles deve