Anatomy and histology of the alimentary tract of the desert millipedeOrthoporus ornatus (Girard) (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae)
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Morphology
- Vol. 151 (1) , 121-130
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051510107
Abstract
The alimentary tract of the desert millipede Orthoporus ornatus is essentially a straight tube consisting of a histologically distinct foregut, midgut, pylorus, hindgut, and rectum. Common to each region, but often different in regional appearance, are an outer sheath layer, longitudinal and circular muscle layers, a basement membrane, and an inner epithelial layer. Foregut and midgut lumina are lined by a cuticular intima, while a peritrophic membrane occurs in the midgut lumen. Gut structure is considered in the context of the known feeding habits and digestive efficiency of this long‐lived, seasonally restricted detritivore.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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