The spermatozoon of Thaumastoderma moebjergi (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida, Thaumastodermatidae) was described,and its structural features were compared to those of the other thaumastodermatid sperm models so far described.Although many of the sperm characters were present in different macrodasyidan species, the following completeset of characters was only found in all the thaumastodermatid spermatozoa at now described: a tubular structurewithin the acrosome formed by a pile of disks, the mitochondria arranged inside the nuclear spring, the striatedcylinder in the flagellum, and a perinuclear helix. Thus the family Thaumastodermatidae appears uniform as faras sperm characters are considered.
The spermatozoon of Thaumastoderma moebjergi with the description of the sperm model for the family Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) / Marotta, R.; Balsamo, M.; Ferraguti, M.; Fondello, C.; Guidi, L.; Todaro, Mary Antonio Donatello. - In: MEIOFAUNA MARINA. - ISSN 1611-7557. - STAMPA. - 19:(2011), pp. 89-95.
The spermatozoon of Thaumastoderma moebjergi with the description of the sperm model for the family Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida)
TODARO, Mary Antonio Donatello
2011
Abstract
The spermatozoon of Thaumastoderma moebjergi (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida, Thaumastodermatidae) was described,and its structural features were compared to those of the other thaumastodermatid sperm models so far described.Although many of the sperm characters were present in different macrodasyidan species, the following completeset of characters was only found in all the thaumastodermatid spermatozoa at now described: a tubular structurewithin the acrosome formed by a pile of disks, the mitochondria arranged inside the nuclear spring, the striatedcylinder in the flagellum, and a perinuclear helix. Thus the family Thaumastodermatidae appears uniform as faras sperm characters are considered.
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