@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00012784,
 author = {NAKAMURA, Kaworu and TSURU, Hiroyuki},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {2016-10-31},
 note = {Development of the midgut gland was observed histologically during larval stages of the
prawn Penaeus japonicus. The diverticula of the organ showed drastic increases of the volume
and number according to the larval growth. Especially passing through the stage of postlarva
10, they increased rapidly more than at previous stages as from the zoea 3 to the postlarva 9. It
suggested that the early larvae so far as of the postlarva 10 would suffer diseases more easily
than at the later period, if the midgut gland functioned as a member of the defence mechanism
during their developmental process.},
 pages = {221--225},
 title = {Organogenesis of the Midgut Gland in the Prawn Penaeus japonicus},
 volume = {36},
 year = {}
}