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Observations on arcade cells and pseudocoelomocytes in some oxyuroid nematodes parasitic in cockroaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Pauline C. Peregrine
Pauline C. Peregrine
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Department of Zoology, University College, Cardiff
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Regions have been identified in certain oxyuroid nematodes which stain vitally with quinone-imine dyes. Thelastoma attenuatum shows colour in the arcade cells, the small pseudocoelomocytes and the giant pseudocoelomocytes; while Leidynema appendiculata and Hammerschmidtiella diesingi possess only giant pseudocoelomocytes. All these regions have been studied.

The giant pseudocoelomocytes in all three species are apparently very active, but their precise function had not yet been assessed.

The structure of the arcade cells and small pseudocoelomocytes of Thelastoma have been described. These regions may also be active but their function is again not understood.

Further work to elucidate these problems is suggested.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , February 1973 , pp. 165 - 180
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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