Lipids in the digestive gland and the gonad of immature and matureSepia officinalis(Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

✍ Scribed by B. Blanchier; E. Boucaud-Camou

• Book ID: 104753457
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 451 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-3162
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00393125

✦ Synopsis

The lipid content of the digestive gland and the gonad of cuttlefishes (Sepia officinalis L.) caught off the French coasts in [1979][1980] was determined and analysed by thinlayer chromatography. The total sterol and phospholipid levels were also determined. The results from immature and mature females and males were compared in an attempt to correlate variations of the lipids with sex or state of gonad maturation. The fluctuations in the lipid level of the digestive gland, which acts as a storage organ, seemed far better related to the diet than to sex or sexual maturity. In the gonads, the lipids were few and seemed to be mostly membrane constituents. However, the increase of phospholipids in the mature ovary could be related to yolk synthesis.