PINNA NOBILIS: A BIG BIVALVE WITH BIG HAEMOCYTES?
Matozzo V, Pagano M, Spinelli A, Cicci F, Faggio C
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 55: 529-534
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy
- Department of Biology, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, University of Padova, Italy
The fan mussel Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the biggest bivalves worldwide. Currently, no
updated information is available in the literature concerning the morpho-functional aspects of haemocytes
from this bivalve species. Consequently. In this study, we characterised P. nobilis haemocytes from a morphological and functional point of view. Both light microscope and TEM analyses demonstrated that two main haemocyte types circulate in P. nobilis haemolymph: granulocytes and hyalinocytes.
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