THE ANATOMY OF THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN AUXILIARY HEART
Open Access
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 154 (3) , 497-507
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1541075
Abstract
The anatomy of an auxiliary heart found in many decapod crustaceans is described. This heart is found at the anterior end of the dorsal median artery before the artery divides to supply the cerebral nervous system. The heart is essentially 2 strips of modified somatic muscle located inside a sinus in the dorsal median artery. The muscles are innervated by 4 motoneurons located in the supraesophageal ganglion. Sensory innervation and possible neurosecretory elements are described.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The vascular circulation in the brain, optic lobes and thoracic ganglia of the crabCarcinusProceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences, 1967
- The nervous system of the kelp crab, Pugettia productaJournal of Morphology, 1941