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Hanafy, M., Brand, A. (1997). COMPARISON OF IMPOSEX INDUCTION IN THE GASTROPODS MUREX TRIBULUS AND THAIS CARNIFERA FROM THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 1(2), 131-143. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.1997.3380
Mahmoud H. Hanafy Hanafy; Andrew Brand. "COMPARISON OF IMPOSEX INDUCTION IN THE GASTROPODS MUREX TRIBULUS AND THAIS CARNIFERA FROM THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 1, 2, 1997, 131-143. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.1997.3380
Hanafy, M., Brand, A. (1997). 'COMPARISON OF IMPOSEX INDUCTION IN THE GASTROPODS MUREX TRIBULUS AND THAIS CARNIFERA FROM THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 1(2), pp. 131-143. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.1997.3380
Hanafy, M., Brand, A. COMPARISON OF IMPOSEX INDUCTION IN THE GASTROPODS MUREX TRIBULUS AND THAIS CARNIFERA FROM THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 1997; 1(2): 131-143. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.1997.3380

COMPARISON OF IMPOSEX INDUCTION IN THE GASTROPODS MUREX TRIBULUS AND THAIS CARNIFERA FROM THE SUEZ CANAL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Article 8, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 1997, Page 131-143  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.1997.3380
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Authors
Mahmoud H. Hanafy Hanafy1; Andrew Brand2
1Marine Science Dept. Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
2Port Erin Marine Lab., Liverpool University, Isle of Man, UK
Abstract
The prosobranch gastropods Murex tribulus and Thais carnifera were found to exhibit imposex (growth of male parts in connection with female genital organs) in response to tributyltin (TBT) pollution. Six stages of imposex induction in T. carnifera (1-6) were distinguished and documented with SEM photographs for the first time; and compared with the
mode of imposex in M. tribulus which has only 4 stages. Sterilization in females of both species due to
imposex induction was recorded. Anatomical and histological details are given here. In late stages of imposex (i.e. 5 and 6) the genital pore of female T. carnifera is occluded by overgrowth of vas deferens tissue. This blockage of the pallial oviduct prevents the release of egg capsules and renders the female sterile. Hence, the aborted egg capsules are accumulated in the oviduct causing reproductive failure. In contrast, female M. tribulus did not show any potential for blockage of the genital pore. Histological investigation indicated that sterility in female M. tribulus is likely to be related to the failure of oogenesis where it was suppressed and supplanted by spermatogenesis. In contrast, oogenesis proceeded normally in T. carnifera even in late stages of imposex. It is concluded that imposex induction can virtually, if
not totally, eliminate all breeding activities in M. tribulus due to oogenesis depression, and in T. carnifera as a result of genital pore blockage.
Keywords
gastropods; imposex; Suez Canal; Mediterranean Sea
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Fisheries
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