Issue |
Parasite
Volume 11, Number 1, March 2004
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Page(s) | 33 - 42 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/200411133 | |
Published online | 25 August 2014 |
Mémoire
Ultrastructure of the eggs of Polymorphus magnus (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae)
Ultrastructure des œufs de Polymorphus magnus (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae)
Institute of the biological problems of the North Portovaja street, 18, 685000 Magadan, Russia.
* Fax : (41322) 34463. E-mail : nikishin@ibpn.kolyma.ru
Received:
11
July
2003
Accepted:
28
July
2003
The ultrastructure of Polymorphus magnus acanthocephalan eggs has been studied. The eggshell consists of four envelopes that are morphologically similar to those of the eggs of other Palaeacanthocephala representatives. The studied acanthors are formed by the cortical syncytium and "central nuclear mass". In the anterior part of acanthors there is a penetration gland. Its secret may provide the larvae migration into intermediate host's organism. "Central nuclear mass" consists of several germinative nuclei and numerous fibrillar bodies, formed as a result of germinative nuclei degradation.
Résumé
On a étudié l'ultrastructure des œufs d’un acanthocephale Polymorphus magnus. La coquille de l'œuf est composée de quatre enveloppes qui ne se distinguent pas de celles des autres Palaeacanthocephala. Les acanthors étudiés sont formés d'un syncytium cortical et d'un "amas nucléaire central". La partie frontale des acanthors contient une glande de pénétration, dont le produit de sécrétion contribue probablement a la migration des larves dans l'organisme de l'hôte intermédiaire. L'amas nucléaire central est compose de noyaux germinatifs peu nombreux et de nombreux corpuscules fibrillaires qui se forment par dégradation des noyaux germinatifs.
Key words: Polymorphus magnus / egg / embryonal envelope / acanthor / ultrastructure
Mots clés : Polymorphus magnus / œuf / enveloppe embryonnaire / acanthor / ultrastructure
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