Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the digenean Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Gymnophalloidea: Fellodistomidae): An intestinal parasite of Belone belone gracilis (Pisces: Teleostei)

作者：Kacem H^*; Ndiaye P I; Neifar L; Torres J; Miquel J

来源：Tissue and Cell, 2015, 47(3): 235-241.

DOI：10.1016/j.tice.2015.01.008

• Tergestia acanthocephala
• Fellodistomidae
• Digenea
• Ultrastructure
• Spermatozoon

The ultrastructural organization of the spermatozoon of the digenean Tergestia acanthocephala (Gymnophalloidea: Fellodistomidae) is described. Live digeneans were collected from Belone belone gracilis (Teleostei: Belonidae), caught off the Gulf of Gabes in Chebba (Tunisia). The mature spermatozoon of Tergestia acanthocephala exhibits the general pattern described in numerous digeneans, characterized by the presence of two axonemes of the different length of the 9 + '1' pattern of the Trepaxonemata, a nucleus, two mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. Moreover, the morphology of the posterior spermatozoon extremity in Tergestia acanthocephala corresponds to the fasciolidean type of Quilichini et al. (2010a).

• 出版日期2015-6