Help? Nidamental Gland or Ovary or Something Else?

[Jean]

Thanks Steve, never thought of that (D'oh ), none of mine were preserved...........so I stand by my earlier comment that it looks like a full caecum!

but Do cephs get cancer??????????

J

 

[Melissa]

There are many kinds of tumors; not all tumors are cancerous. Lots of mammals get varieties of tumors. Do cold blooded animals? Do fish? Invertebrates? In any case, this specimen didn't die of cancer or benignant tumors.

Very curious.

 

[OB]

Maybe it had fatal sushi at a not to be named sushi bar on E9th and Stuyvesant?

 

[Jean]

There are many kinds of tumors; not all tumors are cancerous. Lots of mammals get varieties of tumors. Do cold blooded animals? Do fish? Invertebrates? In any case, this specimen didn't die of cancer or benignant tumors.

Very curious.

True........tis brain fade.......put it down to the start of student enrollment and the accompanying chaos!

Teleost Fish do get tumours, both benign and malignant, melanomas are especially common I believe. Cartilaginous (Chondrichthys) fish (sharks etc) are not known to get them.

 

[bathypol]

In any case, this specimen didn't die of cancer or benignant tumors.

Very curious.

I'm pretty sure cancer wasn't the cause of death...

 

[bathypol]

hello again,

So I have been diligently dissecting squid for my project and the more I dissect, the more I realize that the purple structure I was confused about must be the caeca (Jean and Steve were right). That'll teach me to second guess the experts

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Thony]

Help me to locate the accessory nidamental gland

I really need to obtain the accessory nidamental gland of this squid for my research work.
Please help me..







THANKS in advance!

 

[DWhatley]

I am useless here but PMed someone that may be able to help

 

[Thony]

thank you!.

 

[Jean]

i can only see one of them. It's the pinkish structure near the ink gland, there should be another one on the other side. Check out this pic, it's pretty awful, but should give you an idea! It's from http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt267n98pt&chunk.id=d0e939&brand=c...here&doc.view=entire_text (accessed 14/11/11).

Hope this helps

J