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Gill structure in the common limpet Patella vulgata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

M. A. Nuwayhid ,
P. Spencer Davies  and
H. Y. Elder
M. A. Nuwayhid
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
P. Spencer Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
H. Y. Elder
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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The gills of Patella consist of a row of triangular shaped leaflets suspended from the roof of the pallial groove. The surface of each gill is thrown into a series of transverse furrows. Tufts of cilia are irregularly distributed over the surface and generate a current of water which flows in the opposite direction to the flow of blood within. The central part of the gill comprises a large haemocoelic space traversed by trabeculae which contain muscle fibres and suggesting that the flow of blood through the gill may be under nervous control. A blood channel runs around the periphery of the gill.

The epithelial layer bounding the blood space comprises a single layer of columnar epithelial cells. The outer surface is protected by a structured mucopolysaccharide glycocalyx held in place by a dense mat of microvilli. The cells contain clearly defined mitochondria, Golgi complex, lysosomes, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, the non-ciliated cells are characterized by a layer of membrane-bound granules, of unknown function, in the apical cytoplasm.

Phagocytes are frequently found associated with the basement membrane. They contain large membrane-bound granules and appear to move outwards between the epithelial cells to expel the granules at the outer surface of the gill. It is possible that the gill has an excretory as well as respiratory role in the physiology of the animal.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 817 - 823
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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