Hepatopancreas
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[[Image:Deroceras laeve hepatopancreas 400 saturn.jpg|right|thumb|Histology section of hepatopancreas of [[slug]] ''[[Deroceras laeve]]''.]]
The '''hepatopancreas''' is an organ of the [[digestive tract]] of [[arthropod]]s, [[gastropod]]s and [[fish]]. It provides the functions which in [[mammal]]s are provided separately by the [[liver]] and [[pancreas]].
Arthropods, especially [[detritovores]] in the Order [[Isopoda]] Sub-Order [[Oniscidea]] ([[woodlice]], for example), have shown to be able to store heavy metals consumed from the forest floor in their hepatopancreas. This could lead to [[bioaccumulation]] through the [[food chains]] and implications for food web destructions, if accumulations get high enough in these polluted areas. A good example of this is seen in a study by Hopkins and Martin (1985) where they found that high metal concentrations are seen in [[spiders]] of the genus [[Dysdera]] which feed on terrestrial [[isopods]], including their hepatopancreas, the major metal storage
organ of isopods in [[polluted]] sites.
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