Eur. J. Entomol. 101 (3): 439-444, 2004 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.063

Physiological traits of invertebrates entering cryptobiosis in a post-embryonic stage

Masahiko WATANABE1, Takahiro KIKAWADA1, Akihiko FUJITA1, Ewa FORCZEK2, Taro ADATI3,4, Takashi OKUDA1
1 National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ohwashi 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan
2 Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow, Poland
3 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Kano Station), Sabo Bakin Zuwo Road, P.M.B. 3112, Kano, Nigeria
4 Present address: Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan

Cryptobiosis is the state when the metabolic activity of an organism is hardly measurable or is reversibly at a standstill. Many groups of invertebrates have this ability, and can be divided into two types according to the developmental stage in which it occurs; embryonic (eggs) or post-embryonic stages (larvae and adults). The latter must be able to reversibly regulate the physiology and biochemistry of development and cryptobiosis. There are several reviews on cryptobiosis and its regulation, but none on the physiological mechanism of cryptobiosis in chironomids. The present paper reviews the physiological traits of invertebrates entering cryptobiosis in a post-embryonic stage. These unique phenomena, which occur in a post-embryonic stage of three groups of cryptobiotic invertebrates (insects, tardigrades and nematodes) are discussed with particular reference to; 1) the behavioural and physiological adaptations of cryptobiotic invertebrates, 2) role of trehalose in cryptobiosis and 3) regulation of cryptobiosis.

Keywords: Cryptobiosis, anhydrobiosis, invertebrate, post-embryonic stage, trehalose, compatible solute, recovery

Received: October 15, 2003; Revised: March 15, 2004; Accepted: June 8, 2004; Published: September 20, 2004  Show citation

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WATANABE, M., KIKAWADA, T., FUJITA, A., FORCZEK, E., ADATI, T., & OKUDA, T. (2004). Physiological traits of invertebrates entering cryptobiosis in a post-embryonic stage. EJE, 101(3), 439-444. doi: 10.14411/eje.2004.063
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