Affiliation:
1. Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka 422‐8529 Japan
2. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Tsukuba Tennodai Tsukuba 305‐8572 Japan
3. Department of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo 7‐3‐1, Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku Tokyo 113‐0033 Japan
Abstract
AbstractHagfish (Myxinoidea) are a deep‐sea taxon of cyclostomes, the extant jawless vertebrates. Many researchers have examined the anatomy and embryology of hagfish to shed light on the early evolution of vertebrates; however, the diversity within hagfish is often overlooked. Hagfish have three lineages, Myxininae, Eptatretinae, and Rubicundinae. Usually, textbook illustrations of hagfish anatomy reflect the morphology of the Myxininae lineage, especially Myxine glutinosa, with its single pair of external branchial pores. Here, we instead report the gross anatomy of an Eptatretinae, Eptatretus burgeri, which has six pairs of branchial pores, especially focusing on the coelomic organs. Dissections were performed on fixed and unfixed specimens to provide a guide for those doing organ‐ or tissue‐specific molecular experiments. Our dissections revealed that the ventral aorta is Y‐branched in E. burgeri, which differs from the unbranched morphology of Myxine. Otherwise, there were no differences in the morphology of the lingual apparatus or heart in the pharyngeal domain. The thyroid follicles were scattered around the ventral aorta, as has been reported for adult lampreys. The hepatobiliary system more closely resembled those of jawed vertebrates than those of adult lampreys, with the liver having two lobes and a bile duct connecting the gallbladder to each lobe. Overall, the visceral morphology of E. burgeri does not differ significantly from that of the known Myxine at the level of gross anatomy, although the branchial morphology is phylogenetically ancestral compared to Myxine.
Funder
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Subject
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Histology,Biotechnology,Anatomy
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