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Sperm morphology of two species of Olivancillaria (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the south-western Atlantic
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2012-10-16Registro en:
Teso, Silvia Valeria; Giménez, Juliana; Sperm morphology of two species of Olivancillaria (Gastropoda: Olividae) from the south-western Atlantic; Cambridge University Press; Journal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom; 93; 3; 16-10-2012; 825-831
0025-3154
Autor
Teso, Silvia Valeria
Giménez, Juliana
Resumen
Sperm ultrastructure in two species of the marine snail family Olividae is examined. Euspermatozoa of both species are com- posed of a conical, membrane-bound acrosomal vesicle; an axial rod and a basal plate similar in both species; a solid and highly electron-dense nucleus; an elongate midpiece consisting of the axoneme sheathed by helical mitochondrial elements; an elongate glycogen piece; a double electron-dense ring at the junction of the midpiece and glycogen piece; and a free tail region. The slight narrowing in the acrosomal vesicle invagination is situated in different levels between Olivancillaria deshayesiana and Olivancillaria carcellesi. This morphology could be considered as a specific character. The length of the nucleus in O. carcellesi and in O. deshayesiana is shorter than that of other neogastropods, and could be diagnostic at family level.