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1 April 2009 Ultrastructural Study of Spermiogenesis and the Spermatozoon of Microcotyle pancerii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea: Microcotylidae), Parasite of Meagre Argyrosomus regius (Pisces: Teleostei)
Yann Quilichini, Joséphine Foata, Bernard Marchand
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Abstract

The present work deals with the ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and the spermatozoon of Microcotyle pancerii, a gill parasite of meagre Argyrosomus regius collected in Corsican fish farms. Spermiogenesis was rather similar to that observed in other polyopisthocotylean Monogenea. The intercentriolar body was different from that described in digeneans. The nuclear condensation occurred in 2 successive stages. First, during the nuclear migration in the median cytoplasmic process, the nucleus developed a honeycomb-like appearance. Then, after the flagellar fusion, a discontinuous twisting of the chromatin appeared along the nucleus, with this process ending in total nuclear condensation. The structure of the spermatozoon is characterized by 2 axonemes (9 “1” pattern), a single and continuous field of cortical microtubules, a mitochondrion, and a nucleus. Our findings were compared with various ultrastructural features in order to highlight variability within the group.

Yann Quilichini, Joséphine Foata, and Bernard Marchand "Ultrastructural Study of Spermiogenesis and the Spermatozoon of Microcotyle pancerii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea: Microcotylidae), Parasite of Meagre Argyrosomus regius (Pisces: Teleostei)," Journal of Parasitology 95(2), 261-270, (1 April 2009). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1302.1
Received: 19 April 2008; Accepted: 1 September 2008; Published: 1 April 2009
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