TY - JOUR

T1 - Muscle system in rediae and daughter sporocysts of several digeneans

AU - Krupenko, D.Y.

AU - Krapivin, V.A.

AU - Gonchar, A.G

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Morphological studies on digenetic trematodes are quite numerous, but the large majority of researchers deal with the hermaphroditic generation (cercariae, metacercariae, adults). Parthenitae (miracidia, sporocysts, rediae), although they constitute a significant part of a digeneans’ life cycle, attract much less attention. The sparse literature concerning the musculature of parthenitae indicates that it differs in many respects from that of digenean hermaphroditic generation and many other flatworms. We have tried to fill the knowledge gap on digenean muscle systems by focusing on daughter parthenitae (three species with rediae and two with daughter sporocysts). The study was performed using TRITC-phalloidin labeling and confocal microscopy and was aimed at both describing general trends and comparing different morphotypes. The basic body-wall muscle layers were confirmed to be composed of circular and longitudinal muscle fibers. Circular fibers form quite a uniform layer, and longitudinal fibers are typical

AB - Morphological studies on digenetic trematodes are quite numerous, but the large majority of researchers deal with the hermaphroditic generation (cercariae, metacercariae, adults). Parthenitae (miracidia, sporocysts, rediae), although they constitute a significant part of a digeneans’ life cycle, attract much less attention. The sparse literature concerning the musculature of parthenitae indicates that it differs in many respects from that of digenean hermaphroditic generation and many other flatworms. We have tried to fill the knowledge gap on digenean muscle systems by focusing on daughter parthenitae (three species with rediae and two with daughter sporocysts). The study was performed using TRITC-phalloidin labeling and confocal microscopy and was aimed at both describing general trends and comparing different morphotypes. The basic body-wall muscle layers were confirmed to be composed of circular and longitudinal muscle fibers. Circular fibers form quite a uniform layer, and longitudinal fibers are typical

KW - Muscle system

KW - Rediae

KW - Daughter sporocysts

KW - Digenea

KW - Trematoda

KW - CLSM

U2 - 10.1007/s00435-016-0318-7

DO - 10.1007/s00435-016-0318-7

M3 - Article

VL - 135

SP - 405

EP - 418

JO - Zoomorphology

JF - Zoomorphology

SN - 0340-6725

IS - 4

ER -