Issue |
Parasite
Volume 9, Number 1, March 2002
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Page(s) | 71 - 74 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/200209171 | |
Published online | 01 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
Scanning electron microscopy of Spinochordodes tellinii (Camerano, 1888), (Gordiacea, Nematomorpha)
Microscopie à balayage de Spinochordodes tellinii (Camerano, 1888) , (Gordiacea, Nematomorpha)
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Paseo del Bosque S/N 1900. La Plata, Argentina.
* Correspondence : de Villalobos C. - Fax : 54 221 4 833871. E-mail: villalo@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
Received:
21
June
2001
Accepted:
19
December
2001
There are many species of Nematomorpha which are deficiently described and therefore pose doubts about their actual taxonomic position. This is the case with Spinochordodes tellinii (Camerano, 1888), which was transferred to four different genera and has been recently considered as species incertae sedis. A female of Spinochordodes tellinii is redescribed in this work under light microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy. Cuticle details, shapes and areolar distribution and the features as well as the location of spiniform structures are analysed. The systematic position is discussed.
Résumé
De nombreuses espèces de Nematomorpha sont insuffisamment décrites ce qui pose des problèmes sur leur validité et leur position systématique. C'est le cas de Spinochordodes tellinii (Camerano, 1888) qui a été rattaché à quatre genres différents et considéré récemment comme espèce incertae sedis. Dans ce travail, une femelle de S. tellinii est redécrite en utilisant le microscope optique et le microscope à balayage. Des détails sur la cuticule, la forme, la distribution aréolaire et la localisation des structures spiniformes sont donnés. La position systématique de l'espèce est discutée.
Key words: Nematomorpha / Gordiacea / Spinochordodes tellini / redescription
Mots clés : Nematomorpha / Gordiacea / Spinochordodes tellini / redescription
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