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    Biologia e anatomia funcional de Donax gemmula Morrison (Bivalvia, Donacidae) do litoral de S\ue3o Paulo, Brasil

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    Donax gemmula Morrison, 1971 ocorre em praias arenosas da costa sudeste-sul do Brasil atĂ© o Uruguai. EspĂ©cimes foram coletados na Praia de Barequeçaba, SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo, Estado de SĂŁo Paulo, Brasil. O comportamento do animal foi registrado "in situ" e em aquĂĄrios e a morfologia funcional a partir de espĂ©cimes dissecados sob estereomicroscĂłpio; detalhes da anatomia foram obtidos a partir de cortes histolĂłgicos. A concha pequena, lisa, subglobosa, e o pĂ© grande, muscular, provido de um par de mĂșsculos elevadores bem desenvolvidos, permitem escavação rĂĄpida, vital em praias sujeitas Ă  intensa ação de ondas onde a espĂ©cie vive. Aparato bissal vestigial ocorre desde a fase juvenil Ă  adulta e este donacĂ­deo de vida livre, infaunal, nĂŁo migra acompanhando o ritmo das marĂ©s. As margens do manto possuem prega mediana duplicada; alĂ©m de tentĂĄculos captados, as pregas medianas possuem tentĂĄculos sensoriais filiformes, longos, estes Ășltimos restritos Ă  regiĂŁo posterior do animal. A espĂ©cie tem hĂĄbito alimentar suspensĂ­voro seletivo, o qual Ă© revelado pela presença de ctenĂ­dios grandes, completos e homorhĂĄbdicos, palpos labiais pequenos e muito seletivos, intestino curto, fracamente sinuoso, separado do saco do estilete cristalino, e tentĂĄculos ramificados formando um crivo em torno da abertura inalante.<br>Donax gemmula Morrison, 1971 is a small bivalve occurring on sandy beaches throughout the Southeastern Brazilian coast to Uruguai. Live specimens were collected from Barequeçaba Beach, SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo, State of SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. The animal's behaviour was recorded in situ as well as in aquaria, and its functional morphology registered from specimens dissected under stereomicroscope; details of the anatomy were obtained from histological sections. The minute, smooth subglobose shell, and the large, muscular foot provided with a pair of well-developed elevator muscles allow fast burrowing, vital in the disturbed beach environment where the species lives. A vestigial byssal apparatus is present from juvenile through the adult form and this free-living infaunal donacid does not migrate following the rising and ebbing tides. The mantle margins have the middle fold duplicated; besides captate tentacles, the middle folds bear long, filiform, sensory tentacles, the latter restricted to the rear end of the animal. The presence of complete, large, homorhabdic ctenidia; small but very selective labial palps; short and few convoluted intestine, separated from the style sac; and straining tentacles encircling the inhalant aperture reveal the selective suspension feeding habit of the species

    A comparative study of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) from the continental shelves of Antarctica and Brazil

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