Eyestalk - Ganpei

Japanese: 眼柄 - がんぺい
Eyestalk - Ganpei

The narrow base of the optic vesicle that protrudes from the forebrain when the eyes of vertebrates develop. This part connects to the forebrain and later forms the optic nerve. In crustaceans such as the decapods and stomatopods, a thin rod-like part extends from the head, with the eyes at the end of it; this rod-like part is called the eyestalk. Inside the eyestalk is a group of neurosecretory cells called the X organ, whose axon terminals gather together to form the sinus gland, and the neurosecretory substance from this gland has an inhibitory effect on molting. Furthermore, the rear pair of antennae of mollusks such as snails has eyes at their tips, so the antennal part is called the eyestalk.

[Kikuyama Sakae]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

脊椎(せきつい)動物の目が発生してくるときに前脳より突出して生じる眼胞の、細くなった基部をいう。この部分は前脳と連絡し、のちに視神経を形成する。また、甲殻類の十脚(じっきゃく)目や口脚目などでは、細長い棒状の部分が頭部から伸び、その先に目があるが、この棒状の部分を眼柄という。眼柄の内部にはX器官とよばれる神経分泌細胞群があり、その軸索末端は集合してサイナス腺(せん)をつくり、そこからの神経分泌物質には脱皮抑制作用がある。さらに、軟体動物のカタツムリなどがもつ2対の触角のうち後方のものはその先端に目があるので、触角の部分を眼柄とよぶ。

[菊山 栄]

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