The digestive system of the malacostracan crustaceans, namely the decapods, isopods,
amphipods and mysids, is among the most complex organ systems of the animal kingdom …

Microplastic (MP) ingestion has been reported in a wide variety of organisms, however, its
spatial occurrence and effects on wild populations remain quite unknown. The present study …

Crustacean larvae have served as distinguished models in the field of Ecological
Developmental Biology (“EcoDevo”) for many decades, a discipline that examines how …

The gastric mill of Decapoda is a unique feature, which comprises teeth, stabilizing ossicles,
and particle sorting setae. Involved in the fragmentation and sorting of the food, this structure …

Background The life history stages of brachyuran crustaceans include pelagic larvae of the
Zoea type which grow by a series of moults from one instar to the next. Zoeae actively feed …

A proposed method to determine chronological age of crustaceans uses putative annual
bands in the gastric mill ossicles of the foregut. The interpretation of cuticle bands as growth …

Traditionally, the internal morphology of crustacean larvae has been studied using
destructive techniques such as dissection and microscopy. The present study combines …

The digestive system structure in pre-zoea and zoea I larvae of the red king crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus has been examined. During this development period, the …

This study investigated the characteristics of the digestive system in adult Japanese mantis
shrimp (Oratosquilla oratoria), which is a species of carnivorous crustacean, with a focus on …

Arthropods are the most diversified animals on Earth. The morphology of the digestive
system has been widely studied in insects; however, crustaceans have received …