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The structural organization of the olfactory lobes in representatives of euphausiid and mysid crustaceans was investigated and compared, also with these structures described in other crustaceans and in insects. In the investigated euphasiid and mysid species, the olfactory-globular tract and the position of cell clusters associated with the olfactory lobes show a similar arrangement. This arrangement is in agreement with that described in decapod crustaceans. The olfactory lobe neuropil in representatives of both taxa shows glomerular arrangement. These glomeruli are partly enclosed in a glial wrapping, and they represent the only site where synaptic contacts are established within the olfactory lobes. This glomerular arrangement appears similar to that described in the antennal lobe of insects, but differs from the columnar arrangement described in decapod crustaceans. Furthermore, about 15–20 FMRFamide-like immunoreactive globuli cells were labeled and they occupy a similar position in the investigated species. Neurites from these cells terminate only in the olfactory lobe glomeruli, and they are therefore regarded as intrinsic interneurons. The absence of serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the olfactory lobes is a feature only ascribed to the euphausiids and mysids. A specific neuropil area is present in male mysids, and it occupy a position forward of the olfactory lobe. The male-specific neuropil in mysids and the macro-glomerular in insects complex are interpreted as analogous structures.
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Johansson, K.U.I., Hallberg, E. The organization of the olfactory lobes in Euphausiacea and Mysidacea (Crustacea, Malacostraca). Zoomorphology 112, 81–89 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01673809
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