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Fine Structural Analysis of the Venom Apparatus in the Spider Araneus ventricosus

산왕거미 (Araneus ventricosus) 독 생성장치의 미세구조 분석

  • Moon, Myung-Jin (Department of Biological Sciences & Institute of Basic Science, Dankook University) ;
  • Yu, Min-Hee (Department of Biological Sciences & Institute of Basic Science, Dankook University)
  • 문명진 (단국대학교 첨단과학대학 생물학과, 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 유민희 (단국대학교 첨단과학대학 생물학과, 기초과학연구소)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

The culticular substructure of the venom apparatus in the orb-web spider Araneus ventricosus are studied with scanning electron microscopy. The apparatus is composed of chelicera and paired venom glands in the cephalothorax. Each chelicera consists of a basal segment and a movable fang that articulates with each other. The chelicera of this spider is labidognathous form that moves at right angles to the body axis, and has two segments similar to that of a folding jackknife. Each cylindrical fang has a specialized hinge joint which articulate with the cheliceral groove which contains numerous small protrusions. In addition, each side of cheliceral groove is covered with a total of 7 cuticular teeth in two rows which composed of 4 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. It has been also observed that a single venom pore is always located toward the direction of retromarginal teeth, and surface cuticular pits are distributed on the cuticular depressive area of cheliceral groove.

왕거미과의 산왕거미(Araneus ventricosus)를 실험재료로 하여 독 생성장치의 미세구조를 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 두흉부에 위치한 거미의 독 생성장치는 위턱(chelicera)과 한 쌍의 독선으로 이루어졌으며, 각각의 위턱은 기저마디와 가동성 엄니(fang)가 관절된 형태를 이루고 있었다. 산왕거미의 위턱은 체축에 대해 직각 방향으로 접히는 새실젖거미아목(Labidognata)의 특성을 지니고 있었으며, 관절을 통해 연결된 두개의 마디는 마치 접이식 재크 나이프와 유사한 구조를 하고 있음이 확인되었다. 원통형의 엄니는 다수의 돌기가 형성된 위턱고랑(cheliceral groove)과 분화된 접번관절로 연결되어 있었다. 또한, 위턱고랑에는 4개의 앞엄니두덩이(promarginal teeth)와 3개의 후엄니두덩이(retromarginal teeth) 등, 총 7개의 큐티클성 엄니두덩이가 두 줄로 융기된 구조를 형성하고 있었다. 엄니의 말단에는 독액을 분비하는 단일분비구멍이 후연돌기와 면한 쪽의 표면을 통해 개구되어 있었으며, 굴곡운동시 엄니와 접하는 위턱고랑의 표면에는 거친 함몰부가 형성되어 있었고 다수의 미세한 분비 구멍들이 확인되었다.

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