Organ of Bojanus

The Organ of Bojanus is actually the molluscan kidney. It is the excretory organ of the molluscs (e.g. Sepia, Octopus, mussels, etc). Some other molluscs have another type of organ for excretion called Keber's organ. It was described for the first time by Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus.

Sources

• Encyclopædia Britannica

Additional reading

• Hartog, Marcus M., Additional Note on the Organ of Bojanus J Anat Physiol. 1879 July; 13(Pt 4): 578.
• Hopkins, A. E., Accessory Hearts In The Oyster, Ostrea gigas, Biological Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 3 (Dec., 1934), pp. 346–355. doi: 10.2307/137517. p. 347 has an illustration.

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