| Issue |
Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 60, Number 6, 1985
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| Page(s) | 761 - 762 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1985606761 | |
| Published online | 31 August 2016 | |
Mémoire
First report of aflagellate spermatozoon in a parasitic Platyhelminthe, found in the Monogenean Diplozoon gracile (Polyopisthocotylea, Diplozoidae)
Première observation d’un spermatozoïde aflagellé chez un Plathelminthe parasite, trouvé chez le Monogène Diplozoon gracile (Polyopisthocotylea, Diplozoidae)
1
Département de Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences, Dakar, Sénégal.
2
Present address : Laboratoire des Vers, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, F 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
3
Laboratoire de Parasitologie comparée, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, F 34060 Montpellier, France.
Accepted: 29 January 1985
The spermatozoon of Diplozoon gracile, studied by electron microscopy, does not show any flagellum, but contains numerous longitudinal singlet microtubules. This is the first reported case of an aflagellate spermatozoon in the Monogenea and even in the parasitic Platyhelminthes in general.
Résumé
Le spermatozoïde de Diplozoon gracile, étudié au microscope électronique, ne montre pas de flagelle, mais contient de nombreux microtubules longitudinaux. Ceci constitue le premier cas décrit de spermatozoïde aflagellé chez les Monogènes et même chez les Plathelminthes parasites en général.
© Masson, Paris 1985, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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