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HODDA M. Phylum Nematoda: a classification, catalogue and index of valid genera, with a census of valid species. Zootaxa 2022; 5114:1-289. [DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5114.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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A classification of the entire Phylum Nematoda is presented, based on current molecular, developmental and morphological evidence. The classification reflects the evolutionary relationships within the phylum, as well as significant areas of uncertainty, particularly related to the early evolution of nematodes. It includes 3 classes, 8 subclasses, 12 superorders, 32 orders, 53 suborders, 101 superfamilies, 276 families, 511 subfamilies, 3030 genera, and 28537 species. All valid species named from the time of publication of the previous classification and census (2010) to the end of 2019 are listed, along with the number of valid species in each genus. Taxonomic authorities are provided for taxon names of all ranks. The habitats where the species in each genus are found are listed, and an alphabetic index of genus names is provided. The systematics of nematodes is reviewed, along with a history of nematode classification; evolutionary affinities and origins of nematodes; and the current diagnosis of the group. Short overviews of the general biology, ecology, scientific and economic importance of the group are presented.
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Slos D, Yushin VV, Claeys M, Ivanova ES, Kosaka H, Bert W. Structure, development, and evolutive patterns of spermatozoa in rhabditid nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditida). J Morphol 2020; 281:1411-1435. [PMID: 32845531 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Spermatogenesis of five rhabditid nematodes was studied using transmission electron microscopy and is described herein. Structure and development of nematode sperm in all available representatives of the extensive order Rhabditida have been analysed and the main characteristics of each infraorder are discussed. The ancestral sperm of the order Rhabditida was reconstructed using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods based on 44 ultrastructural sperm characters. The hypothetical ancestral spermatogenesis of the order Rhabditida agrees with the previously suggested "rhabditid" pattern and appears to be conserved throughout the order Rhabditida. Despite the enormous variation of rhabditid nematodes, few groups deviate from the ancestral pattern. This conserved pattern can be informative within the phylum Nematoda at order level, but poses limitations when used in taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis within Rhabditida.
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- Dieter Slos
- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Ultrastructural immunogold localization of major sperm protein (MSP) in spermatogenic cells of the nematode Acrobeles complexus (Nematoda, Rhabditida). Micron 2016; 89:43-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lak B, Yushin VV, Slos D, Claeys M, Decraemer W, Bert W. High-pressure freezing and freeze-substitution fixation reveal the ultrastructure of immature and mature spermatozoa of the plant-parasitic nematode Trichodorus similis (Nematoda; Triplonchida; Trichodoridae). Micron 2015; 77:25-31. [PMID: 26093476 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The spermatozoa from testis and spermatheca of the plant-parasitic nematode Trichodorus similis Seinhorst, 1963 (Nematoda; Triplonchida; Trichodoridae) were studied with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), being the first study on spermatogenesis of a representative of the order Triplonchida and important to unravel nematode sperm evolution. Comprehensive results could only be obtained using high-pressure freezing (HPF) and freeze-substitution instead of chemical fixation, demonstrating the importance of cryo-fixation for nematode ultrastructural research. The spermatozoa from the testis (immature spermatozoa) are unpolarized cells covered by numerous filopodia. They contain a centrally-located nucleus without a nuclear envelope, surrounded by mitochondria. Specific fibrous bodies (FB) as long parallel bundles of filaments occupy the peripheral cytoplasm. No structures resembling membranous organelles (MO), as found in the sperm of many other nematodes, were observed in immature spermatozoa of T. similis. The spermatozoa from the uterus (mature or activated spermatozoa) are bipolar cells with an anterior pseudopod and posterior main cell body (MCB), which include a nucleus, mitochondria and MO appearing as large vesicles with finger-like invaginations of the outer cell membrane, or as large vesicles connected to the inner cell membrane. The peripheral MO open to the exterior via pores. In the mature sperm, neither FBs nor filopodia were observed. An important feature of T. similis spermatozoa is the late formation of MO; they first appear in mature spermatozoa. This pattern of MO formation is known for several other orders of the nematode class Enoplea: Enoplida, Mermithida, Dioctophymatida, Trichinellida but has never been observed in the class Chromadorea.
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- Behnam Lak
- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Vladivostok 690041, Russia; Far East Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Invertebrates, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- Nematology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Smythe AB. Evolution of Feeding Structures in the Marine Nematode Order Enoplida. Integr Comp Biol 2015; 55:228-40. [PMID: 25987716 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icv043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Marine nematodes of the order Enoplida may represent the earliest lineage of nematodes and have a variety of fixed and movable feeding structures in their stomas. This study used an 18S ribosomal RNA phylogeny of the orders Enoplida and Triplonchida (subclass Enoplia) to explore the evolution of these feeding structures in light of previous hypotheses based solely on morphology. The Enoplida and Triplonchida were found to be paraphyletic, as several taxa currently classified as Triplonchida, such as Rhabdodemania, were found to be part of the Enoplida clade. The position of Rhabdodemania within Enoplida was unclear, but a close relation to Enoplidae and Thoracostomopsidae was not supported, making it unlikely that its movable odontia are homologous with the mandibles of these families. A member of Anticomidae was well-supported as the base of the clade containing Phanodermatidae, Enoplidae, and Thoracostomopsidae, suggesting that taxa with buccal rods and mandibles evolved from nematodes with unarmed stomas. The Phanodermatidae were shown to be more closely related to the Enoplidae and Thoracostomopsidae than were the Leptosomatidae, suggesting that the buccal rods of the phanoderms (rather than the mandibular ridge/odontia complex of the Leptosomatidae), may be the origin of the mandibles.
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- Ashleigh B Smythe
- Department of Biology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450, USA
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The spermiogenesis and the early spermatozoa of Armorloricus elegans (Loricifera, Nanaloricidae). ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-009-0089-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Holterman M, van der Wurff A, van den Elsen S, van Megen H, Bongers T, Holovachov O, Bakker J, Helder J. Phylum-wide analysis of SSU rDNA reveals deep phylogenetic relationships among nematodes and accelerated evolution toward crown Clades. Mol Biol Evol 2006; 23:1792-800. [PMID: 16790472 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 533] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Inference of evolutionary relationships between nematodes is severely hampered by their conserved morphology, the high frequency of homoplasy, and the scarcity of phylum-wide molecular data. To study the origin of nematode radiation and to unravel the phylogenetic relationships between distantly related species, 339 nearly full-length small-subunit rDNA sequences were analyzed from a diverse range of nematodes. Bayesian inference revealed a backbone comprising 12 consecutive dichotomies that subdivided the phylum Nematoda into 12 clades. The most basal clade is dominated by the subclass Enoplia, and members of the order Triplonchida occupy positions most close to the common ancestor of the nematodes. Crown Clades 8-12, a group formerly indicated as "Secernentea" that includes Caenorhabditis elegans and virtually all major plant and animal parasites, show significantly higher nucleotide substitution rates than the more basal Clades 1-7. Accelerated substitution rates are associated with parasitic lifestyles (Clades 8 and 12) or short generation times (Clades 9-11). The relatively high substitution rates in the distal clades resulted in numerous autapomorphies that allow in most cases DNA barcode-based species identification. Teratocephalus, a genus comprising terrestrial bacterivores, was shown to be most close to the starting point of Secernentean radiation. Notably, fungal feeding nematodes were exclusively found basal to or as sister taxon next to the 3 groups of plant parasitic nematodes, namely, Trichodoridae, Longidoridae, and Tylenchomorpha. The exclusive common presence of fungivorous and plant parasitic nematodes supports a long-standing hypothesis that states that plant parasitic nematodes arose from fungivorous ancestors.
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- Martijn Holterman
- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Yushin VV, Coomans A. Ultrastructure of sperm development in the free-living marine nematode Metachromadora itoi (Chromadoria, Desmodorida). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2005.00207.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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De Villalobos C, Restelli M, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Zanca F. Ultrastructural observations of the testicular epithelium and spermatozoa of Pseudochordodes bedriagae (Gordiida, Nematomorpha). Cell Tissue Res 2005; 321:251-5. [PMID: 15951991 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-1099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two questions are of interest concerning the male reproductive system in Gordiida: (1) is the epithelium surrounding the testis continuous or discontinuous and (2) is the type of spermatozoon as described at the transmission electron-microscopical level for the two species of Gordius typical for all Gordiida? An examination of the South American species Pseudochordodes bedriagae has allowed us to add new information to this poorly studied phylum. Testicular tubes are large, filled with spermatozoa, and surrounded by a continuous epithelium. The epithelial cells that line the posterior testes occasionally overlap, and their cytoplasm is narrow and contains dense granules, abundant endoplasmic reticulum, and vesicles. The plasma membrane possesses microvilli with many filaments. This epithelium rests on a basement membrane. The spermatozoa in P. bedriagae resemble the known spermatozoa of two Gordius species but differ in presenting a uniform halo layer of less dense chromatin that surrounds the dense chromatin in the nucleus. The finding that a similar type of spermatozoa occurs in both genera (Pseudochordodes and Gordius) makes it likely that it is present in all other Gordiida and is therefore an autapomorphy of the Gordiida.
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YUSHIN VLADIMIRV, ZOGRAF JULIAK. UItrastructure of spermatozoa in the free-living marine nematodeParacanthonchus macrodon(Nematoda, Chromadorida). INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2004. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yushin VV, Coomans A, Malakhov VV. Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in the free-living marine nematode Pontonema vulgare (Enoplida, Oncholaimidae). CAN J ZOOL 2002. [DOI: 10.1139/z02-127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Spermatogenesis in testes of the free-living marine nematode Pontonema vulgare was studied with electron microscopy. The nucleus of spermatocytes has a large nucleolus; the cytoplasm is filled with numerous ribosomes, mitochondria, cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), Golgi bodies, and flattened osmiophilic cisternae, which are interpreted as the modified membranous organelles (MO) of the spermatozoa of other nematodes studied. After completion of the second meiotic telophase, the nucleus is surrounded by a newly formed nuclear envelope. Further nucleus transformation includes condensation of the chromatin and shrinkage of the nuclear envelope. The deep infoldings of the nuclear envelope give a starlike shape to the nuclei. The cytoplasm of the early spermatids contains the same organelles as in the late spermatocytes, including MO. Many of the latter assume a cuplike or pocketlike shape. During spermatogenesis the peripheral cytoplasm containing the ribosomes, RER, Golgi bodies, and transparent vesicles moves to one pole of the cell forming the residual body. The main cell body of the late spermatid includes the nucleus, mitochondria, and MO embedded in a dense filamentous matrix. The fibrous bodies (FB) of a paracrystalline structure occur in spermatids throughout their developmental transformations. The central part of the spermatozoa contains a starlike nucleus with a nuclear envelope. The filamentous cytoplasm of the spermatozoa includes mitochondria and MO. The spermatozoa extracted from the testes form numerous long filopodia. The dense filamentous cytoplasm of the spermatozoa is continuous with the content of the filipodia. The reconstitution of the nuclear envelope and separate development of MO and FB described in P. vulgare spermatogenesis are the special characters of enoplid nematodes. The reduced character of FB development and simplified structure of MO differentiate P. vulgare from other nematodes studied.
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SCHMIDT-RHAESA ANDREAS. Ultrastructural observations of the male reproductive system and spermatozoa ofGordius aquaticusL., 1758. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 1997. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Phylogeny of the Brachyura with particular reference to the Podotremata: evidence from a review of spermatozoal ultrastructure (Crustacea, Decapoda). Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1997. [DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1994.0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Parsimony analysis, whether using only spermatozoal characters or spermatozoal and non-spermatozoal characters, suggests that: (i) the Brachyura is a monophyletic taxon relative to the outgroup, three paguroids; (ii) the Podotremata is a monophyletic taxon and the sister-group of the heterotreme-thoracotreme assemblage; (iii) within the Podotremata, the Dromiidae appears paraphyletic as its clade includes
Paradynomene
; (iv) the Homolidae is a monophyletic family; (v) the Raninoidea and Cyclodorippoidea are sister groups within a monophyletic (unnamed) clade; (vi)
Latreillia sp
. forms a polytomy with Homolidae + Raninoidea-Cyclodorippoidea; and (vii) within the heterotreme-thoracotreme assemblage, the Thoracotremata is a monophyletic taxon but the Heterotremata s. strict, is a paraphyletic grouping. Analyses based on sperm data alone differ from the combined data in not including the Homolidae in the Archaeobrachyura (Homolidae + Raninoidea-Cyclodorippoidea), thus the Dromiidae-
Paradynomene
+ Homolidae +
Latreillia
form a polytomous clade which is the sister-group of the Raninoidea + Cyclodorippoidea. Spermatozoal data also give majids the most basal position in the Heterotremata whereas for the combined data
Neodorippe
(a shell carrier) appears the least modified member of the heterotreme-thoracotreme assemblage. These findings are viewed in the perspective of other, notably molecular, studies. Spermatozoal synapomorphies are listed and illustrated.
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Mansir A, Justine JL. Actin and major sperm protein in spermatids and spermatozoa of the parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus. Mol Reprod Dev 1996; 45:332-41. [PMID: 8916044 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199611)45:3<332::aid-mrd10>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Nematode spermatozoa are amoeboid cells. In Caenorhabditis elegans and Ascaris suum, previous studies have reported that sperm motility does not involve actin, but, instead, requires a specific cytoskeletal protein, namely major-sperm-protein (MSP). In Heligmosomoides polygyrus, a species with large and elongate spermatids and spermatozoa, cell organelles are easily identified even with light microscopy. Electrophoresis of Heligmosomoides sperm proteins indicates that the main protein band has a molecular weight of about 15 kDa, as MSP in other nematodes, and is specifically labelled by an anti-MSP antibody raised against C. elegans MSP. A minor band at 43 kDa was specifically labelled by an anti-actin antibody. Reaction of anti-actin and anti-MSP antibodies is specific to, and restricted to, their respective targets. Actin and MSP localisation, studied by indirect immunofluorescence in male germ cells of Heligmosomoides polygyrus, are similar: spermatids show rows of dots, corresponding to the fibrous bodies, around an unlabelled central longitudinal core; spermatozoa are labelled strictly in an anterior crescent-shaped cap, at the opposite pole to the nucleus, which contains fibres of the MSP cytoskeleton. Phalloidin labelling shows that F-actin is present in spermatids, but absent in spermatozoa. Tropomyosin shows a distinct pattern in spermatids, but is located in the MSP and actin-containing cap in spermatozoa. It is hypothesized that actin plays a role in the shaping of the cell and in the arrangement of its organelles during nematode spermiogenesis, when MSP is present, in an inactive state, in the fibrous bodies. The concentration of actin and tropomyosin in the anterior cap is not compatible with previous theories about the MSP cytoskeleton, which is supposed to act in the absence of actin.
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- A Mansir
- Laboratoire de Biologie parasitaire-Protistologie-Helminthologie, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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Cares JE, Baldwin JG. Comparative fine structure of sperm of Heterodera schachtii and Punctodera chalcoensis, with phylogenetic implications for Heteroderinae (Nemata: Heteroderidae). CAN J ZOOL 1995. [DOI: 10.1139/z95-035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The fine structure of sperm of Heterodera schachtii and Punctodera chalcoensis demonstrates a high degree of interspecific morphological and developmental diversity, particularly in comparison with previously examined Heteroderinae that develop cysts, including Globodera tabacum, as well as out-groups that lack cysts, including species of Verutus, Meloidodera, and Ekphymatodera. Sperm of P. chalcoensis are much smaller and have fewer filopodia than those of species of Heterodera and Globodera. However, the distribution of filopodia on only part of the body, the smooth surface of the filopodia, and the presence of cortical microtubules are traits shared by the three genera with cysts. Unique features shared by P. chalcoensis and Globodera species include the short persistence of fibrous bodies after spermiogenesis and the lack of sperm polarization in the female genital tract. These traits are absent in Heterodera species. Conversely, chromatin remains unchanged with respect to condensation during sperm development in P. chalcoensis and species of Heterodera but not in Globodera. Patterns of evolution of sperm may be useful for testing hypotheses of the phylogeny of Heteroderinae, but the diversity is so great that character coding will be required for a large number of representative species.
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Kruger JCDW. Ultrastructure of sperm development in the plant-parasitic nematodeXiphinema theresiae. J Morphol 1991; 210:163-174. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1052100206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Spermatozoa of rhigonematid nematodes: Morphology of 25 species and ultrastructure of Rhigonema madecassum. Int J Parasitol 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(90)90011-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Baccetti B, Burrini AG, Gibertini G, Mazzini M, Zerunian S. Fish germinal cells. I. Comparative spermatology of seven Cyprinid species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1120100405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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