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Arthropods, 2012, 1(3):79-93
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Reviewing the structure and function of the scorpion's hepatopancreas

M.R. Warburg
Dept. of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

Received 14 May 2012;Accepted 20 June 2012;Published online 5 September 2012
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Abstract
During a long-terms study of scorpions, it was possible to follow changes taking place in the mass, water and lipid content of the hepatopancreas in freshly caught Scorpio maurus fuscus. Cyclic events in the female's reproductive state were shown to be affected by the hepatopancreas. There was a high variability among scorpions in the concentrations of metals in the hepatopancreas. The significance of the hepatopancreas in the scorpion, as a multifunctional organ for both storage and filtering constituents, is reviewed and discussed, and various future avenues of research are outlined.

Keywords Scorpiones;Scorpionidae;Scorpio;hepatopancreas;scorpion reproduction;metal content.

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