Issue |
Parasite
Volume 21, 2014
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Article Number | 59 | |
Number of page(s) | 12 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014061 | |
Published online | 14 November 2014 |
Research Article
Collyricloides massanae (Digenea, Collyriclidae): spermatozoon ultrastructure and phylogenetic importance
Collyricloides massanae (Digenea, Collyriclidae) : ultrastructure du spermatozoïde et importance phylogénétique
1
CNRS – University of Corsica, UMR SPE 6134, SERME “Service d’Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique”, 20250
Corte, France
2
Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal
3
Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028
Barcelona, Spain
4
Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028
Barcelona, Spain
* Corresponding author: quilichini@univ-corse.fr
Received:
15
September
2014
Accepted:
31
October
2014
The spermatological characteristics of Collyricloides massanae (Digenea: Collyriclidae), a parasite of Apodemus sylvaticus caught in France, were studied by means of transmission electron microscopy. The mature sperm of C. massanae presents two axonemes of different lengths with the 9 + “1” pattern of the Trepaxonemata, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies, one mitochondrion, a nucleus and granules of glycogen. An analysis of spermatological organisation emphasised some differences between the mature spermatozoon of C. massanae and those reported in the Gorgoderoidea species studied to date, specially belonging to the families Dicrocoeliidae, Paragonimidae and Troglotrematidae. The ultrastructural criteria described in C. massanae such as the morphology of both anterior and posterior spermatozoon extremities, the association “external ornamentation + cortical microtubules”, the type 2 of external ornamentation and the spine-like bodies would allow us to bring closer the Collyriclidae to Microphalloidea. However, further ultrastructural and molecular studies are needed particularly in the unexplored taxa in order to fully resolve the phylogenetic position of the Collyriclidae.
Résumé
Les caractères spermatologiques de Collyricloides massanae (Digenea : Collyriclidae) parasite d’Apodemus sylvaticus capturé en France, sont étudiés au microscope électronique à transmission. Le spermatozoïde mûr de C. massanae présente deux axonèmes de longueurs distinctes et de type 9 + « 1 » des Trepaxonemata, deux champs de microtubules corticaux parallèles, des ornementations externes, des corps épineux, une mitochondrie, un noyau et des granules de glycogène. Une analyse de l’organisation du spermatozoïde montre certaines différences entre le spermatozoïde mûr de C. massanae et ceux des espèces de Gorgoderoidea étudiées jusqu’ici, particulièrement celles appartenant aux familles Dicrocoeliidae, Paragonimidae et Troglotrematidae. Les critères ultrastructuraux décrits chez C. massanae tels que la morphologie des extrémités antérieure et postérieure, l’association « ornementation externe + microtubules corticaux », l’ornementation externe de type 2 et les corps épineux pourraient nous permettre de rapprocher les Collyriclidae des Microphalloidea. Cependant, des études ultrastructurales et moléculaires seront nécessaires, en particulier chez les taxa inexplorés, pour la résolution complète de la position systématique des Collyriclidae.
Key words: Collyricloides massanae / Collyriclidae / Gorgoderoidea / Microphalloidea / Spermatozoon / Phylogeny
© A.J. Bakhoum et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2014
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