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STRUCTURE OF THE INK APPARATUS AND THE FUNNEL ORGAN OF THE SQUID "<i>SEPIOTEUTHIS SEPIOIDEA</i>" (CEPHALOPODA: LOLIGINIDAE)

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Animal Histology
Fresh Water and Marine Biology

Abstract

Histological and histochemical techniques were used to study the structure of the ink apparatus and the funnel organ of the squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823). The ink apparatus is composed of ink sac, ink gland and ink duct. The wall of the ink sac consists of four layers: outer connective tissue capsule, muscularis, sub-mucosa and mucosa. The Ink gland lies at the base of the ink sac and consists of basal (caudal) and apical regions. The ink gland is composed of numerous interconnected, sponges like lamellae traversed the cavity of the gland. These lamellae are consisted of connective tissue covered with one layer of glandular epithelium. The duct of the ink sac consists of an outer connective tissue layer, muscular layer and lined with a single layer of epithelial cells. In general the ink produced by cephalopods is secreted from two glands: ink gland which produces a black ink containing melanin and the funnel organ (a mucus-producing gland) which located on the internal surface of the funnel. The funnel organ consists of two lateral pads and a median pad that has the same histological structure. The lateral pad consists of epithelial and sub-epithelial layer. The epithelial layer is composed of a single layer of columnar cells, while the sub-epithelial layer contains many secretory cells.    

DOI

10.12816/0037793

Keywords

Squid, Loliginidae, Ink apparatus, Funnel organ

Authors

First Name

Safaa

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

safaa.mohamed1@science.au.edu.eg

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First Name

Torkia

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Mandour

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Abd EL-Malek

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

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Volume

67

Article Issue

67

Related Issue

4334

Issue Date

2017-06-01

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2017-06-01

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2017-06-01

Page Start

35

Page End

50

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/article_23061.html

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684

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Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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STRUCTURE OF THE INK APPARATUS AND THE FUNNEL ORGAN OF THE SQUID "<i>SEPIOTEUTHIS SEPIOIDEA</i>" (CEPHALOPODA: LOLIGINIDAE)

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22 Jan 2023