Cuticle morphogenesis in crustacean embryonic and postembryonic stages

• Published in: Arthropod structure & development Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 77 - 95
• Main Authors: Mrak, Polona, Bogataj, Urban, Štrus, Jasna, Žnidaršič, Nada
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Animal Shells - embryology; Animal Shells - physiology; Animals; Calcification; Calcinosis; Chitin - chemistry; Chitinous matrix; Crustacea - embryology; Crustacea - physiology; Development; Developmental Biology; Embryonic Development; Epithelial Cells; Exoskeleton; Gut; Insect Proteins - physiology; Intestines - embryology; Intestines - physiology; Larva - physiology; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Molting; Morphogenesis; Tendon cells; Development; Calcification; Chitinous matrix; Exoskeleton; Tendon cells; Gut

The crustacean cuticle is a chitin-based extracellular matrix, produced in general by epidermal cells and ectodermally derived epithelial cells of the digestive tract. Cuticle morphogenesis is an integrative part of embryonic and postembryonic development and it was studied in several groups of crus...