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The annual cycle of ovarian activity and eyestalk effects on the ovary in different phases of its activity were examined in the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould ssp. tridentatus Maitland, and the sand shrimp Crangon crangon L. In both species, the annual ovarian cycle consists of two phases of vitellogenesis and the resting phase. In R. harrisii, the eyestalks exert an inhibitory effect on vitellogenesis during the phase of vitellogenesis outside the breeding season, and are necessary for the process of oviposition during the breeding season. In C. crangon, ovary-inhibiting hormone is present in the eyestalks outside the breeding season, and has not been detected during this season. The resting phase of the ovary after the breeding season is caused by the ovary-inhibitiing hormone. Females of C. crangon are a suitable material for testing ovary-inhibiting hormone activity, while female R. harrisii are not.
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Communicated by F. Pautsch, Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz
This study was partially supported by a grant from the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).
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Bomirski, A., Klek, E. Action of eyestalks on the ovary in Rhithropanopeus harrisii and Crangon crangon (Crustacea: Decapoda). Mar. Biol. 24, 329–337 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396099
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