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2. Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis of Phyllobothrium lactuca (Cestoda, Tctraphyllidea, Phyllobothriidae)
- Creator:
- Séne, Aminata, Ba, Cheikh Tidiane, and Marchand, Bernard
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- Type:
- model:internalpart and TEXT
- Subject:
- ultrastructure, Phyllobothrium, Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea, and spermiogenesis
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- Spermiogenesis in Phyllobothrium lactuca Beneden, 1850 begins with the formation of a differentiation zone bordered by cortical microtubules and containing a nucleus and two ccntrioles separated by an intercentriolar body and disposed one in the prolongation of the other. Later, formation of flagellar buds, striated roots and a median cytoplasmic extension takes place. Each centriole gives rise to a flagellimi that rotates and fuses with the median cytoplasmic extension. At this stage, arched membranes appear at the front of the differentiation zone. The nucleus elongates, becomes filiform and migrates between the striated roots into the spermatid. After the migration of the nucleus, the old spermatid separates from the residual cytoplasm by strangulation of the ring of arched membranes. Absence of striated roots, right at the beginning of spermiogenesis has never been described before in the Tctraphyllidea. Likewise, centrioles made up of doublets of microtubules and spermatids with two axonemes have never been reported before during spermiogenesis of a Phyllobothriidae. In this work we show, for the first time, the existence in cestodes of thick-walled microtubulcs surrounded by a layer of electron-dense material. In addition, we describe, for the first time, the existence of an accumulation of electron-dense granules around striated roots and an hour-glass-shaped constriction at the anterior extremity of a median cytoplasmic extension in a platyhelminth.
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3. Ultrastructure of the scolex, rhyncheal system and bothridial pits of Otobothrium mugilis (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha)
- Creator:
- Jones, Malcolm K.
- Format:
- Type:
- model:internalpart and TEXT
- Subject:
- Cestoda, ultrastructure, rhyncheal system, scolex, and Trypanorhyncha
- Language:
- English
- Description:
- The ultrastructure of the scolex tegument, bothridial pits (“ciliated pits) and rhyncheal system of Otobothrium mugilis Hiscock, 1954 is described from plerocerci collected from the teleosts Arius graeffei Kncr ct Steindachner and Mugil cephalus Linnaeus. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that filamentous microtriches with shortened caps are abundant across the entire surface of the tegument. Palmate microtriches are dominant on the bothridia and their margins. The surfaces of bothridial pits were covered with large bifid microtrichcs. The bothridial pits arc strongly muscularised invaginations of the tegument. Nervous tissues were not observed within the pits and it is probable that these structures function as accessory attachment structures. The wall of each tentacle sheath consists of one to three bands of fibrils, lined internally by a thin cytoplasmic layer. The tentacular walls are cellular, containing myofilaments. The fibrils of the tentacular walls are arranged into discrete blocks of parallel fibrils and appear to be intracellular. Tentacular walls are lined externally by a modified membrane with an external glycocalyx. Tentacular hooks arc solid, bound externally by a membrane. The body of the hook contains numerous longitudinal canaliculi and an elcctron-opaquc medulla lies at the centre of the hook.
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