Observations on lesser-known flatworms: temnocephala |
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Authors: | Kirstin Clark Nichols |
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Affiliation: | Zoology Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Temnocephala novae-zealandie, a flatworm epizoic on crayfish, was examined by light and electron microscopy to investigate the variation within rhabdocoel turbellarians and to provide information on the possible structural modifications in the evolution of parasitism. The sucker is clearly glandular; the tentacular glands are eosinophilic and at the surface store and often release mucus as a coiled thread; the epidermis is clearly not reduced in structure and contains septate junctions in the anterior portion. Light microscope studies documented the presence of ten pair of paranephrocytes (athrocytes). In the laboratory, egg deposition, survival on and apart from the host and another crayfish, and behavior during the host molt were observed. |
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Keywords: | rhabdocoel ultrastructure paranephrocytes protonephridial system commensalism |
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