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Comparative neuroanatomy of the central nervous system in web-building and cursorial hunting spiders

  • Spiders (Araneae) include cursorial species that stalk their prey and more stationary species that use webs for prey capture. While many cursorial hunting spiders rely on visual cues, web-building spiders use vibratory cues (mechanosensation) for prey capture. We predicted that the differences in primary sensory input between the species are mirrored by differences in the morphology/architecture of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we investigated the CNS anatomy of four spider species, two cursorial hunters Pardosa amentata (Lycosidae) and Marpissa muscosa (Salticidae), and two web-building hunters Argiope bruennichi (Araneidae) and Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Theridiidae). Their CNS was analyzed using Bodian silver impregnations, immunohistochemistry, and microCT analysis. We found that there are major differences between species in the secondary eye pathway of the brain that pertain to first-order, second-order, and higher order brain centers (mushroom bodies [MB]). While P. amentata and M. muscosa have prominent visual neuropils and MB, these are much reduced in the two web-building species. Argiope bruennichi lacks second-order visual neuropils but has specialized photoreceptors that project into two distinct visual neuropils, and P. tepidariorum lacks MB, suggesting that motion vision might be absent in this species. Interestingly, the differences in the ventral nerve cord are much less pronounced, but the web-building spiders have proportionally larger leg neuropils than the cursorial spiders. Our findings suggest that the importance of visual information is much reduced in web-building spiders, compared to cursorial spiders, while processing of mechanosensory information requires the same major circuits in both web-building and cursorial hunting spiders.

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Author: Philip O. M. Steinhoff, Steffen Harzsch, Gabriele Uhl
URN:urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-109383
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25554
ISSN:1096-9861
Parent Title (English):The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Publisher:Wiley
Place of publication:Hoboken, NJ
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2023/11/10
Date of first Publication:2024/02/01
Release Date:2024/03/27
Tag:Arachnida; Bodian staining; lifestyle; neuroanatomy; sensory ecology; visual neuropils; volumes
Volume:532
Issue:2
Article Number:e25554
Faculties:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Zoologisches Institut und Museum
Collections:DFG-geförderte Artikel
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International