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Brain architecture of the Pacific White Shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 (Malacostraca, Dendrobranchiata): correspondence of brain structure and sensory input?

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Abstract

Penaeus vannamei (Dendrobranchiata, Decapoda) is best known as the “Pacific White Shrimp” and is currently the most important crustacean in commercial aquaculture worldwide. Although the neuroanatomy of crustaceans has been well examined in representatives of reptant decapods (“ground-dwelling decapods”), there are only a few studies focusing on shrimps and prawns. In order to obtain insights into the architecture of the brain of P. vannamei, we use neuroanatomical methods including X-ray micro-computed tomography, 3D reconstruction and immunohistochemical staining combined with confocal laser-scanning microscopy and serial sectioning. The brain of P. vannamei exhibits all the prominent neuropils and tracts that characterize the ground pattern of decapod crustaceans. However, the size proportion of some neuropils is salient. The large lateral protocerebrum that comprises the visual neuropils as well as the hemiellipsoid body and medulla terminalis is remarkable. This observation corresponds with the large size of the compound eyes of these animals. In contrast, the remaining median part of the brain is relatively small. It is dominated by the paired antenna 2 neuropils, while the deutocerebral chemosensory lobes play a minor role. Our findings suggest that visual input from the compound eyes and mechanosensory input from the second pair of antennae are major sensory modalities, which this brain processes.

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We are grateful to Marcus Thon from the Garnelen Farm Grevesmühlen GmbH & Co KG for providing live Penaeus vannamei, an essential requirement for this study. Thanks also to Erich Buchner (Würzburg) for the gift of the SYNORF1 synapsin antiserum. We gratefully acknowledge Jakob Krieger for the μCT scan of Penaeus vannamei and his general support as well as Andy Sombke for his help with 3D reconstruction. We would like to express our gratitude to Marie Hörnig for her assistance with composite photography and Elisabeth Lipke for introducing us to the histological embedding procedure. This project was funded by the German Science Foundation (HA 2540/16-1, INST 292/119-1 FUGG, INST 292/120-1 FUGG).

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Meth, R., Wittfoth, C. & Harzsch, S. Brain architecture of the Pacific White Shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 (Malacostraca, Dendrobranchiata): correspondence of brain structure and sensory input?. Cell Tissue Res 369, 255–271 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-017-2607-y

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