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Morphology and ultrastructure of the uterus of Lineolepis scutigera (Dujardin, 1845) Karpenko, 1985 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Hymenolepididae) in formation of uterine capsules

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The microanatomy and ultrastructure of the uterus in different stages of ontogenesis were studied in a cyclophyllidean cestode Lineolepis scutigera. In the early stages, developing embryos lie freely in the cavity of a single unbroken uterus, which is later fragmented into separate compartments. As a result, numerous spherical uterine capsules are formed; each of them contains one formed egg. Capsules represent a fragmented but actively functioning uterus. Muscular cells containing numerous lipid inclusions are located around them. In the final stages, placenta-like relationships are formed between eggs and the epithelium of capsules. A comparative morphofunctional analysis of uterine capsules in cestodes is presented. Attention is paid to the formation of close interactions between the uterine epithelium and developing eggs.

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  1. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742, Russia

    Zh. V. Korneva

  2. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Frunze 11, Novosibirsk, 930091, Russia

    S. A. Kornienko

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Original Russian Text © Zh.V. Korneva, S.A. Kornienko, 2013, published in Biologiya Vnutrennikh Vod, 2013, No. 4, pp. 3–12.

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Korneva, Z.V., Kornienko, S.A. Morphology and ultrastructure of the uterus of Lineolepis scutigera (Dujardin, 1845) Karpenko, 1985 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Hymenolepididae) in formation of uterine capsules. Inland Water Biol 6, 259–267 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082913040111

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