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Title: | Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Macvicaria obovata (Digenea, Opecoelidae), a parasite of Sparus aurata (Pisces, Teleostei) from the Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea |
Author: | Kacem, Hichem Quilichini, Yann Neifar, Lassad Torres Martínez, Jordi Miquel Colomé, Jordi |
Keywords: | Parasitologia Espermatozoides Ultraestructura (Biologia) Malalties dels peixos Trematodes Peixos marins Filogènia Mediterrània (Mar) Parasitology Spermatozoa Ultrastructure (Biology) Fish diseases Trematoda Marine fishes Phylogeny Mediterranean Sea |
Issue Date: | Apr-2017 |
Publisher: | Versita |
Abstract: | The ultrastructural organization of the spermatozoon of the digenean Macvicaria obovata (Opecoelidae) is described by transmission electron microscopy. Alive digeneans were collected from the digestive tract of Sparus aurata (Teleostei, Sparidae), caught from the Gulf of Gabès in Chebba, Tunisia (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). The male gamete of M. obovata is a filiform cell, tapered at both extremities and exhibits typical characters such as two axonemes of different lengths showing the 9+'1' trepaxonematan pattern, a nucleus, mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. Cortical microtubules are absent in the anterior spermatozoon extremity and appear after the disappearance of the electron-dense material. The first mitochondrion is of moniliform type and it is associated with the external ornamentation of the plasma membrane and spine-like bodies. The second mitochondrion is more posteriorly located, reaching the nuclear region. The present study provides new data on the mature male gamete of M. obovata that may be useful for the understanding of digenean relationships and phylogenetic studies. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2017-0062 |
It is part of: | Acta Parasitologica, 2017, vol. 62, num. 3, p. 520-528 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/161874 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2017-0062 |
ISSN: | 1230-2821 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)) Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient) |
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