Abstract
Three types of sensory cells were shown to occur in the tegument of Notocotylus attenuatus (Rud., 1809) rediae, using electron microscopy. The morphology of the receptive parts were distinguished as follows: cells containing a single cilium and a single basal body without a ciliary rootlet (type 1 A); cells possessing two axonemes, covered by a common membrane, and two separate basal bodies (type 1B); cells having one cilium and a basal body with a long rootlet (type 2); and cells containing a single cilium and a basal body, and only one electron-dense ring adjacent to the tegument (type 3). A description is given of the ultrastructure as well as the morphological and functional similarity of the cells in question.
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Czubaj, A., Niewiadomska, K. Types of sensory cells in Notocotylus attenuates (Rud., 1809) rediae (Digenea, Notocotylidae). Parasitol Res 74, 243–249 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539572
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