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      Gill Morphology in the Red Swamp Freshwater Crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambarids) (Girard 1852) from the River Nile and its Branches in Egypt Translated title: Morfología de las Branquias del Cangrejo Rojo de Pantano de Agua Dulce Procambarus clarkii (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambarids) (Girard 1852) del Río Nilo y sus Ramas en Egipto

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          The aim of the present study was focused on and describes the gross morphological and scanning electron microscopical features of the gill of the red swamp freshwater crayfish. Our results noted that: all gills have the same general structure and appearance. The gill consists of axis with numerous finger-like filaments, having three morphological types; round, pointed and somewhat hooked shaped. There is a variation in the direction of filaments according to their position, in middle part were nearly perpendicular to gill axis while in the apex were nearly parallel to axis. There were characteristic system of gill spines on central axis, basal plate, setobranch and on the bilobed epipodal plate. There are four shape of spinated-like parts of setobranch seta, two pointed processes and two broad processes. The bilobed epipodal plate is devoid from any filaments and under SEM, its apical part has serrated free border and corrugated surface while the middle part has no serrated free border.

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          El objetivo del presente estudio fue describir las características morfológicas macroscópicas y mediante microscopio electrónico de barrido las branquias del cangrejo rojo de pantano de agua dulce. Nuestros resultados señalan que todas las branquias tienen la misma estructura y apariencia general. Las branquias se componen de ejes con numerosos filamentos similares a dedos, que tiene tres tipos morfológicos; redondo, punteado y con forma de gancho. Hay una variación en la dirección de los filamentos de acuerdo con su posición, en la parte media eran casi perpendicular al eje branquial, mientras que en el ápice fueron casi paralelas al eje. Hubo un sistema característico de espinas branquiales sobre el eje central, placa basal, espinas dorsales y sobre las placas epipodales bilobuladas. Se observaron cuatro formas de las ramas similares a espinas, dos procesos apuntados y dos procesos amplios. La placa epipodal bilobulada estaba desprovista de filamentos bajo microscopía electrónicas, su parte apical tiene una margen libre aserrado, con una superficie ondulada, mientras que la parte media no tiene margenes aserrados.

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                Journal
                ijmorphol
                International Journal of Morphology
                Int. J. Morphol.
                Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
                0717-9502
                March 2016
                : 34
                : 1
                : 168-178
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Alexandria University Egypt
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                S0717-95022016000100025
                a87ff73f-9f69-49e8-9d72-4004718fdb66

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                Categories
                ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY

                Anatomy & Physiology
                Cangrejos,Filamentos,Espinas,Espinas dorsales,Crayfish,Filaments,Spines,Setobranch setae
                Anatomy & Physiology
                Cangrejos, Filamentos, Espinas, Espinas dorsales, Crayfish, Filaments, Spines, Setobranch setae

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