Microstructural organization of the central nervous system in the harvestman Leiobunum japonicum (Arachnida: Opiliones)

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• 作者：Yong-Ki Park and Myung-Jin Moon
• 刊名：Entomological Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：46
• 期：6
• 页码：345-353
• 全文大小：2325K
• ISSN：1748-5967

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Although the order Opiliones constitutes the third-largest group of arachnids, this creature is still mysterious and has a rich unexplored field compared to what is known about insects and crustaceans. The order Opiliones is traditionally regarded as a close relative of mites, mainly because of morphological similarities in external body structure; however microstructural organization of the ganglionic neurons and nerves in the harvestman Leiobunum japonicum is quite similar to the central nervous system (CNS) in all extant arachnids. The CNS consists of a large neural cluster with paired appendicular nerves. The esophagus passes through the neural cluster and divides it into the upper supraesophageal ganglion (SpG) and the lower subesophageal ganglion (SbG). The dorsal part of the SpG has a quite condensed cell body compared with other parts of the CNS and has two main components, the protocerebrum and the cheliceral ganglion. The protocerebrum receives the optic nerves and has four main groups of neuropiles from the optic lobes, the superior central body, the lateral neuropils (corpora pedunculata) and the inferior neuropil. However, a pair of pedipalpal and four pairs of appendage nerves including several pairs of abdominal nerves arise from the nerve masses of the SbG.