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Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Dollfusiella spinulifera (Beveridge and Jones, 2000) Beveridge, Neifar and Euzet, 2004 (Trypanorhyncha, Eutetrarhynchidae)

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The ultrastructural organization of the mature spermatozoon of the trypanorhynch cestode Dollfusiella spinulifera is described. The spermatozoon is a long filiform cell, tapered at both ends, which lacks mitochondria. Its cytoplasm contains (1) two axonemes of different lengths of the 9+‘1’ pattern of trepaxonematan Platyhelminthes, (2) two rows of parallel cortical microtubules, each of which is adjacent to the opposite sides of the plasma membrane, (3) the nucleus, and (4) glycogen in the form of both α-glycogen rosettes and β-glycogen particles. Unlike the majority of cestode spermatozoa, the spematozoon of D. spinulifera lacks crested bodies and periaxonemal sheath. In view of the present results, the postulated synapomorphic value of crested bodies for the Eucestoda is questioned.

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Authors wish to thank Dr. Malcolm K. Jones (Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Australia) for providing the embedded specimens of D. spinulifera and Dr. Ian Beveridge (Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia) for confirming the identification of these specimens. We also wish to thank the “Serveis Cientificotècnics” (University of Barcelona, Spain) for their support in the preparation of samples. This study was supported by the “Departament d’Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació, Generalitat de Catalunya” (Spain).

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    Jordi Miquel

  2. W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Zdzisław Świderski

  3. Department of General Biology and Parasitology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

    Zdzisław Świderski

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Miquel, J., Świderski, Z. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Dollfusiella spinulifera (Beveridge and Jones, 2000) Beveridge, Neifar and Euzet, 2004 (Trypanorhyncha, Eutetrarhynchidae). Parasitol Res 99, 37–44 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-0094-7

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