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Ultrastructure of Spermatogenesis and Sperm Development in Saccocoelioides godoyi Kohn & Froes, 1986 (Digenea, Haploporidae)
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FARIAS, M. F. F.; Baptista; Kohn; Ana; COHEN, S. C. Ultrastructure of Spermatogenesis and Sperm Development in Saccocoelioides godoyi Kohn & Froes, 1986 (Digenea, Haploporidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 96, n.1, p. 61-70, Jan. 2001.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02762001000100007
1678-8060
Autor
Farias, M. F. D. Baptista
Kohn, A.
Cohen, S.
Resumen
Ultrastructural observations of spermatogenesis and sperm development of Saccocoelioides godoyi,
an intestinal parasite of Leporinus friderici (Bloch, 1794) are described. The irregular-shaped spermatogonia form a peripheral layer, and show a prominent nucleus. Spermatocytes are larger than
spermatogonia, and in the early stage present synaptonemal complex. Spermatids show nuclei smaller
than the spermatocytes. Spermiogenesis is characterized by outgrowth of the zone of differentiation,
presenting basal bodies, separated by an intercentriolar body. At the end of this process, the spermatozoa are released into the residual cytoplasmic mass. The spermatozoa of S. godoyi are elongate, similar
to the pattern described for other Digenea, showing nuclei, mitochondria and two axonemes with the
9+1 configuration. The peripheral cortical microtubules on the dorsal and ventral faces are laterally
interrupted.