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Title: | First spermatological study in the Atractotrematidae (Digenea, Haploporoidea): the case of Atractotrema sigani, intestinal parasite of Siganus lineatus |
Author: | Bakhoum, Abdoulaye Jacque Sacodou Quilichini, Yann Justine, Jean-Lou Bray, Rodney A. Miquel Colomé, Jordi Feliu José, Carlos Bâ, Cheikh Tidiane Marchand, Bernard |
Keywords: | Filogènia Espermatozoides Ultraestructura (Biologia) Platihelmints Phylogeny Spermatozoa Ultrastructure (Biology) Platyhelminthes |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Abstract: | The ultrastructural organization of the mature spermatozoon of the digenean Atractotrema sigani(from Siganus lineatus off New Caledonia) was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The male gamete of A. sigani exhibits the general morphology described in digeneans with the presence of two axonemes of different lengths showing the 9 + '1' pattern of the Trepaxonemata, a nucleus, two mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. However, the mature spermatozoon of A. sigani has some specific characters such as the morphology of its anterior region and the submembranous electron-dense material. Although similar structures have been reported in some digenean species, the presence of a submembranous electron-dense material describing a complete ring is reported here for the first time in the mature spermatozoon of A. sigani. In addition, sperm characteristics are compared between the Haploporoidea and their supposed close superfamilies, and possible phylogenetic implications of these findings for the Digenea are discussed. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015026 |
It is part of: | Parasite, 2015, vol. 22, num. 26, p. 1-10 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/162471 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2015026 |
ISSN: | 1252-607X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient) |
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