Ultrastructure of glands in a scutaricllid (Platyhelminthes) and possible phylogenetic implications

Title:

Ultrastructure of glands in a scutaricllid (Platyhelminthes) and possible phylogenetic implications

Creator:

Iomini, Carlo, Ferraguti, Marco, and Justine, Jean-Lou

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:26c0af00-be3e-4028-9bd0-64272d089d9a
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Subject:

Platyhelminthes, Temnocephalida, Scutariellidae, ultrastructure, and glands

Type:

model:internalpart and TEXT

Format:

print

Description:

Subepidermal glands of the body of Troglocaridicola sp. (from the cavemicolous shrimp Troglocaris sp. in eastern Italy) were observed by transmission electron microscopy. The reservoir and duct of the glands arc lined with longitudinal microlubulcs. Membrane-bound granules inside the gland show a distinctive pattern: they contain fibres, 18 nm in diameter, regularly arranged in bundles with a 5 nm space between libres. From a survey of the available literature on glands of Platyhelminthes, it is concluded that this structure is known only in this species. Glands with regularly arranged 18 nm fibres, if characteristic for the Scutariellidae, could be considered an autapomorphy of this family, distinguishing it from other members of the Temnocephalida.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

199-203 and 41-45

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 1999 Volume:46 | Number:3

Harvested from:

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