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Prawns - Digestive System

The digestive system of the prawn (Palaemon) contains a long alimentary canal and a large hepatopancreatic gland. The alimentary canal runs from the mouth to the anus and includes a buccal cavity, esophagus, stomach, intestine, and rectum. The hepatopancreas secretes digestive enzymes and absorbs digested food from the intestine, functioning similarly to the liver. Ingestion begins in the cardiac stomach, with digestion continuing in the pyloric stomach and filtration through the pyloric filter. Absorption occurs in the hepatopancreas and intestine, and undigested waste is egested through the anus.

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Prawns - Digestive System

The digestive system of the prawn (Palaemon) contains a long alimentary canal and a large hepatopancreatic gland. The alimentary canal runs from the mouth to the anus and includes a buccal cavity, esophagus, stomach, intestine, and rectum. The hepatopancreas secretes digestive enzymes and absorbs digested food from the intestine, functioning similarly to the liver. Ingestion begins in the cardiac stomach, with digestion continuing in the pyloric stomach and filtration through the pyloric filter. Absorption occurs in the hepatopancreas and intestine, and undigested waste is egested through the anus.

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Digestive System of

Prawn
Physiology:

Palaemon is omnivorous. It eats algae, weeds,


insect larvae, small fish and debris.
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF PALAEMON (PRAWN): 1) CIRCULAR PLATE 2)
LANCEOLATE PLATE 3) OESOPHAGUS 4) CARDIAC STOMACH 5)
GUIDING RIDGE 6) PYLORIC STOMACH 7) HINDGUT 8) ANUS 9)
UPPER LIP 10) MOUTH 11) LOWER LIP 12) COMB PLATE 13) HASTATE
PLATE 14) HEPATO PANCREAS 15) FILTERING APPARATUS 16) HEPATO
PANCREATIC OPENING 17) MIDGUT
Palaemon's digestive system con­ta
ins a long alimentary canal and l
arge hepatopancreatic gland.

I. Alimentary canal: The alimentary canal is a l


ong tube.
It starts at the mouth and ends with anus.
• It shows buccal cavity, oesophagus, stomach
intestine and rectum.
a. Mouth: The mouth is a longitudinal slit on the
ventral side of the head.

b. Buccal Cavity: Mouth leads into the buccal


cavity. The buccal cavity opens into the
oesophagus.

c. Oesophagus: It is a short and wide tube. The


oesophagus leads into the stomach.

d. Stomach: It is a large sac.It is divided into


large cardiac and small pyloric regions.
d.1. Cardiac Stomach: Much of the digestion of
food takes place in the cardiac stomach. Dissolved
food pass into the lateral grooves and then into
the ventral chamber of the pyloric stomach
through the cardio-pyloric aperture.

d.2. Pyloric Stomach: It acts as a valve to control


the flow of partially digested food from the
stomach to small intestine.
e. Intestine: It is a long tube extends upto the 6th
abdominal segment.

f. Rectum: It is very short. It extends from the 6th


abdominal segment to the anus. Its anterior part is
enlarged into a muscular sac'

g. Anus: It is present on the ventral side of the


telson.
II. Hepatopancreas: It secrets digestive enzymes.
It stores glycogen, fat and calcium like liver.
It absorbs digested food from intestine.

Ingestion: Much of the digestion of food takes place


in the cardiac stomach. Digestion continues in the
pyloric stomach.
The food is filtered through the pyloric filter.
Absorption: Absorption of food takes place in the
hepatopancreas and intestine.

Egestion: The undigested food is sent out through


the anus.
Thank you!!
How does Prawn excrete? - Quora. Palaemon excretory
system contains a pair of kidneys called the antennary or
green glands and a median sac called renal sac. I.
Antennary glands: The antennary glands are present in
the coxae of the antennae.

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