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The Ultrastructure of the Body Wall and Associated Structures of the Cercaria of Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin) (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from Littorina littorea (L.)

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Summary

The outer layer of the syncytial epidermis of the cercaria of Cryptocotyle lingua contains five types of membrane bound secretion bodies. Those with fibrillar contents predominate anteriorly and ventrally and are probably responsible for a surface coat to be secreted later. The epidermal cell bodies are consistently divided into a distal portion packed with secretion bodies and a narrow proximal portion containing the nucleus and a small amount of cytoplasm. Cystogenic gland cells of one type containing five types of secretion bodies are permanently connected to the outer epidermis the connection, without exception, containing a single large mitochondrion so that no secretion bodies can enter the epidermis at this stage. The body wall muscles have the characters of slowly contracting fibres but those of the oral sucker are “striated” due to the regular arrangement of dense bodies across the fibres characteristic of more powerfully contracting fibres. Penetration gland cells open into a groove dorsal to the mouth. An arrangement of spines around the groove and a concentration of muscles forms an efficient penetrating apparatus for entry into the second intermediate fish host.

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Abbreviations

adn:

anterior dorsal nerve

az:

attachment zone

bl:

basement lamina

c:

central cell mass

cc:

cystogenic cell

co:

core of secretion body

cm:

circular muscle

db:

dense body

dec:

distal portion of epidermal cell body

df:

dorsal fin

e:

outer epidermis

ec:

epidermal cell body

ecm:

extrinsic circular muscles

elm:

extrinsic longitudinal muscles

ep:

excretory pore

ev:

excretory vessel

exv:

excretory vesicle

f:

fibrous interstitial material

ger:

glandular endoplasmic reticulum

gl:

ß glycogen particles

gr:

groove above oral lobe

iv:

invagination of inner plasma membrane

l:

lipid body

ll:

limiting layer

lm:

longitudinal muscle

m:

mitochondrion

md:

margin or oral depression

mo:

mouth

mt:

microtubule

my:

myoblast

nu:

nucleus

od:

oral depression

of:

oral funnel

ol:

oral lobe

om:

oblique muscle

opd:

opening of penetration gland duct

opm:

outer plasma membrane

os:

oral sucker

pc:

parenchyma cell

pec:

proximal portion of epidermal cell body

pgc:

penetration gland cell

pgd:

penetration gland duct

pp:

protoplasmic process

ppc:

process of parenchyma cell

pr:

photoreceptor

r:

free ribosomes

rm:

radial muscles

sb:

secretion body (1–5)

sc:

sensory cilium

sp:

spine

spl:

sarcoplasm

sr:

sarcoplasmic reticulum

t:

tail

tp:

caudal pocket

v:

vesicle

vs:

ventral sucker rudiment

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Rees, G. The Ultrastructure of the Body Wall and Associated Structures of the Cercaria of Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin) (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from Littorina littorea (L.). Z. F. Parasitenkunde 44, 239–265 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328765

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