Jaw morphology and function in Drilonereis filum (Oenonidae, Annelida)

Tzetlin, A.; Vortsepneva, E.; Zhadan, A.

Авторы: Tzetlin A., Vortsepneva E., Zhadan A.
Журнал: Journal of Morphology
Год издания: 2023
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Местоположение издательства: United States
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21568
Аннотация: Representatives of the extant family Oenonidae (Annelida, Eunicida) have a prionognath jaw apparatus, with maxillae having forceps-like elements, a number of asymmetrical dentate plates and very long slender carriers which is characteristic of some fossil forms known from the Paleozoic epoch. Therefore, data on the fine structure and functional morphology of Oenonidae jaws are necessary for the interpretation of fossil materials. The fine structure of the jaw apparatus and the ventral pharyngeal organ is studied in one species of the Oenonidae (Annelida) – Drilonereis cf. filum. The material was collected in the soft bottom of Marseille Bay (Mediterranean) and examined with the help of TEM and histological techniques. A three–dimensional (3D) reconstruction was made from a complete series of semithin sections. The entire jaw apparatus is about 500 µm in length; it includes ventral mandibles and four pairs of maxillae, connected with long paired dorsal carriers and an unpaired ventral carrier. While retracted, it reaches the VIII–XI chaetigers. The most solid part of the maxillary apparatus – Maxillae I and II – are 2.5–5µm thick. The plate consists of a monolithic array of merged scleroprotein granules in which perforations—spaces remaining from microvilli—are visible; the basal part of the maxillary plate is a layer of loosely arranged collagen fibers penetrated with microvilli and has no signs of sclerotization. A study of the jaws of Drilonereis cf. filum showed the presence of common jaw patterns in Eunicida order. Like the jaws of Dorvilleidae, Eunicidae, Onuphidae, and Lumbrineridae, the jaws of Drilonereis are formed on the basis of a typical annelid cuticle’s transformation with epi- and basicuticular layers, and its impregnation by merging scleroprotein granules. Through the nature of sclerotization, the jaws of D. cf. filum are similar to those of Dorvilleidae, Histriobdellidae, and the juvenile jaws of Mooreonuphis stigmatis (Onuphidae). Analysis of the 3D reconstructions of the D. cf. filum jaw apparatus shows that the MxI of this species, and probably of other Oenonidae with dorsal and ventral carriers, can make grasping motions by fixing the joint of the right and left MxI in the two door hinge type. In general, the overall structure of the jaw apparatus of D. cf. filum and the mechanics of its work show greater similarity with that of Dorvilleidae than with the jaw apparatus of extant Labidognatha and Simmetrognatha (Onuphidae, Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae). The need for compactization of the jaw apparatus when moving in the dense sediment or in the burrows is probably one of the factors determining its structure.
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