期刊
JOURNAL OF ANATOMY
卷 239, 期 5, 页码 1182-1195出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13485
关键词
Arthropoda; cell migration; Chelicerata; germarium; oogenesis
资金
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Pseudoscorpions, a type of chelicerates, exhibit morphological features related to miniaturization such as the replacement of book lungs by tracheae. This study reveals significant structural differences in the ovary of Cheiridium museorum and Apocheiridium ferum, leading to a reduced number of growing oocytes and deposited eggs. The centrally located germarium in the ovary architecture of these pseudoscorpion species is proposed to be related to their small body size and miniaturization process.
Chelicerata, the second largest subphylum of Arthropoda, includes invertebrates with a wide range of body size. Pseudoscorpions are among small or miniature chelicerates which exhibit several morphological, anatomical, and developmental features related to miniaturization, e.g., replacement of book lungs by tracheae, unpaired gonads, and matrotrophic development of the embryos outside the female body, in the brood sac. In this paper, we show the ovary structure of two pseudoscorpion species, Cheiridium museorum and Apocheiridium ferum (Cheiridiidae). Both cheiridiids are one of the smallest pseudoscorpions. The results of our observations conducted in light, transmission electron, and confocal microscopy demonstrate that the ovary of C. museorum and A. ferum, displays a significant structural difference that is unusual for chelicerates. The difference concerns the spatially restricted position of the germarium. We show that such ovary architecture results in a significantly reduced number of growing oocytes and in consequence a reduced number of deposited eggs. A centrally located germarium implies also a modified pattern of ovary development during oocyte growth due to long distance migration of the germline and the accompanying somatic cells. Herein, we postulate that such an ovary structure is related to the pseudoscorpion's small body size and it is a step towards miniaturization in the smaller pseudoscorpions species.
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