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1 April 2012 Spermatological Characters of Monozoic Tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), Including First Data on a Species from the Indomalayan Catfish
Aneta Yoneva, Céline Levron, Anirban Ash, Tomáš Scholz
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Abstract

The ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and mature spermatozoon in Lytocestus indicus (Cestoda: Lytocestidae) is described; this is the first representative of this group of monozoic, presumably most basal, tapeworms (Eucestoda) from the Indomalayan region to be documented in this manner. Similarly, as in other caryophyllideans, its spermiogenesis involves the formation of a conical differentiation zone with 2 centrioles associated with striated roots and an intercentriolar body. In the course of the process, 1 of the centrioles develops a free flagellum, which fuses with a cytoplasmic protrusion, whereas the other remains oriented in a cytoplasmic bud. Spermiogenesis is also characterized by the presence of electron-dense material in the early stages of spermiogenesis and a slight rotation of the flagellar bud. The mature spermatozoon of L. indicus is a filiform cell tapered at both extremities that lacks mitochondria; its nucleus has parallel disposition to the axoneme and does not reach up to the posterior extremity of the spermatozoon, which is typical for spermatozoa of the type III pattern. The new data confirm that caryophyllideans share the same type of spermiogenesis that is considered to be plesiomorphic in the Eucestoda. The existing information on spermatological ultrastructure of 8 members for 3 of 4 caryophyllidean families from different host groups (cyprinids and catostomids, both Cypriniformes, and mochokids and clariids, both Siluriformes) from 4 zoogeographical regions (Palearctic, Neotropic, Ethiopian, and Indomalayan regions) demonstrates great uniformity in spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure, which does not reflect different taxonomic position of the species studied.

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Aneta Yoneva, Céline Levron, Anirban Ash, and Tomáš Scholz "Spermatological Characters of Monozoic Tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), Including First Data on a Species from the Indomalayan Catfish," Journal of Parasitology 98(2), 423-430, (1 April 2012). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2794.1
Received: 24 February 2011; Accepted: 1 October 2011; Published: 1 April 2012
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