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Ovarian maturation of Penaeus subtilis (Decapoda: Penaeidae): A new insight to describe oocyte development and somatic structures
Authors:Cecília Craveiro  Roberta Soares  Hildemário Castro-Neto  Emanuell F Silva  Andrey Soares  Paulo G V de Oliveira  Evelyn Gonzalez  Silvio Peixoto
Institution:1. Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;2. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba, Campus Cabedelo, Cabedelo, Brazil
Abstract:We observed the presence of follicular cells (FC) in the ovaries of Penaeus subtilis (n = 1198), which led us to classify the development of germ cells into six phases: oogonia, previtellogenic oocytes, primary and secondary vitellogenic oocytes, mature oocytes and atretic oocytes. The FC changes their shape according to the development of germ cells and showed a different distribution along the ovary, which allowed differentiating vitellogenic oocytes into primary and secondary. We also observed that the postovulatory follicles (POF) are composed of follicular cells. The presence of POF in penaeids ovaries is rarely reported, but allows the differentiation between spent and resting stages, commonly grouped in reproductive biology research. Furthermore, observation of ovarian lining was useful to differentiate immature females from females that had spawned at least once. Thus, ovarian development was classified into six stages: immature, early developing, advanced developing, ripe, spent and resting. The distribution and shape variations of FC, ovarian lining features and presence of POF were considered crucial for the classification of ovarian maturation stages. The methods developed here may improve estimates of their reproductive cycle, size at first maturity and spawning season, which are important variables in future studies of the reproductive dynamics.
Keywords:follicular cells  histology  maturation  ovary development  vitellogenesis
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