Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-m42fx Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-18T17:20:09.926Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Preliminary Observations on the Ultrastructure of the Body Wall of Pomphorhynchus laevis (Acanthocephala)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

F. R. Stranack ,
M. A. Woodhouse  and
R. L. Griffin
F. R. Stranack
Affiliation:
College of Technology, Portsmouth and Electron Microscope Unit, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Area Pathological Service, Portsmouth
M. A. Woodhouse
Affiliation:
College of Technology, Portsmouth and Electron Microscope Unit, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Area Pathological Service, Portsmouth
R. L. Griffin
Affiliation:
College of Technology, Portsmouth and Electron Microscope Unit, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Area Pathological Service, Portsmouth
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The ultrastructure of the metasomal body wall of the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis has been studied.

The cuticle was seen to be pierced by numerous pores leading into tubular channels of the striped layer which appeared to have connections with the endoplasmic reticulum deeper in the body wall. The inner edge of the body wall was perforated by a number of channels which, it was thought, might form the final link in a chain of ramifying channels leading from the exterior of the parasite to the pseudocoel. The syncytial cytoplasm of the body wall was thought to be supported by the network of strands forming the felt layer.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 40 , Issue 3-4 , September 1966 , pp. 395 - 402
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Crompton, D. W. T. and Lee, D. L., 1965.—“The fine structure of the body wall of Polymorphus minutus (Goeze,.1782) (Acanthocephala).” Parasitology, 55, 357–304.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hyman, L. H., 1951.—The Invertebrates, Vol. III. McGraw-Hill, New York.Google Scholar
Nicholas, W. L. and Mercer, E. H., 1965.—“The ultrastructure of the tegument of Maniliformis dubius (Acanthocephala).” Q. Jl microsc. Sci., 106, 137–146.Google Scholar
Kothman, A. H. and Rosario, B., 1961.—“The structure of the surface of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus, as seen with the electron microscope.” J. Parasit., 47 (Suppl.), 25.Google Scholar