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Kacem H, Miquel J. A Review of Sperm Ultrastructural Characters in the Opecoelidae (Digenea) and Their Phylogenetic Implications, with New Data on Peracreadium characis, a Parasite of Diplodus puntazzo in Tunisia. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:1953. [PMID: 37370463 DOI: 10.3390/ani13121953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The spermatozoon ultrastructure of Peracreadium characis (Stossich, 1886) (Digenea: Opecoelidae), an intestinal parasite of the sheephead bream Diplodus puntazzo (Walbaum, 1792) (Sparidae), is described by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mature spermatozoon possesses two axonemes of the 9+'1' trepaxonematan pattern, an anterior electron-dense material, two mitochondria, a nucleus and parallel cortical microtubules distributed in two bundles. The absence of external ornamentation of the plasma membrane and spine-like bodies are the noteworthy characters that distinguish the spermatozoon of P. characis from those of most opecoelids. In fact, only Helicometra fasciata lacks external ornamentation in the spermatozoon. A comparative study with the remaining opecoelids described so far reveals similarities in the ultrastructural organization of their sperm cells. In addition, the current data on sperm ultrastructure in species of the recognized opecoelid subfamilies are compared, namely the Hamacreadiinae, Helicometrinae, Opecoelinae, Opistholebetinae and Plagioporinae.
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- Hichem Kacem
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité Marine et Environnement, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Université de Sfax, BP 1171, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
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- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Avgda. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Avgda. Diagonal, 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Bâ A, Bakhoum AJS, Ndiaye PI, Bray RA, Bâ CT, Marchand B, Quilichini Y. New spermatological characteristics in the Hemiuroidea inferred from the ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Gonocerca phycidis a stomach parasite of Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei: Trachichthyidae) off the Senegal coast. ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-022-00569-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Adalid R, Torres J, Fuentes MV, Miquel J. First spermatological data on the digenean genus Ityogonimus derived from the description of sperm characters of Ityogonimus ocreatus (Brachylaimidae: Ityogoniminae). Tissue Cell 2021; 72:101541. [PMID: 33864976 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The present study describes the ultrastructural organization of the spermatozoa of the brachylaimid digenean Ityogonimus ocreatus (Ityogoniminae) by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Live digeneans were collected from the digestive tract of an Iberian mole Talpa occidentalis (Eulipotyphla, Talpidae) captured accidentally during a vole pest control campaign in Priesca (Asturias, Spain). The TEM study reveals that the I. ocreatus sperm are filiform, tapered at both extremities, and have two 9+'1' trepaxonematan axonemes, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane associated with cortical microtubules, spine-like bodies, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules and one mitochondrion overlapping the anterior part of the nucleus. The external ornamentation of the plasma membrane is located in the posterior part of the anterior region. The maximum number of parallel cortical microtubules (45) is located in the anterior part of the sperm cells. Our results are compared with the available data on the family Brachylaimidae, especially on the other Ityogoniminae studied to date (Scaphiostomum palaearcticum).
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- Roser Adalid
- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Parasitologia, Departament de Farmàcia i Tecnologia Farmacèutica i Parasitologia, Universitat de Valencia, Av. Vicent Andrés Estellés, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Kacem H, Miquel J. Spermatological characters in the Lepocreadioidea, with first data on Holorchis pycnoporus (Aephnidiogenidae), a parasite of the Striped seabream Lithognathus mormyrus (Sparidae) from the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia). Tissue Cell 2020; 67:101409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2020.101409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Sperm characteristics in the digenean Diplodiscus amphichrus (Paramphistomoidea, Diplodiscidae), a parasite of the Chinese edible frog Hoplobatrachus rugulosus. ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-020-00489-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bâ A, Marchand B, Ndiaye PI, Bâ CT, Bakhoum AJ, Bray RA, Quilichini Y. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Labracetabulum gephyroberici (Digenea, Opecoelidae) intestinal parasite of Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei, Trachichtyidae) in Senegal. ZOOL ANZ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sperm ultrastructure of Prodistomum polonii (Digenea, Lepocreadioidea), an intestinal parasite of the Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (Teleostei, Carangidae), from the Gulf of Gabes, Mediterranean Sea. ZOOL ANZ 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Spermatological characteristics of Sclerodistomoides pacificus (Digenea, Sclerodistomoididae) a parasite of the flying fish Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Teleostei, Exocoetidae). Tissue Cell 2020; 62:101314. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.101314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Diagne PM, Ndiaye PI, Bâ CT, Feliu C, Miquel J. Sperm characters of the digenean Nephrotrema truncatum (Troglotrematidae): a kidney parasite of Crocidura russula (Soricidae) and their phylogenetic significance. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1608870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Papa Mbagnick Diagne
- Laboratoire de Biologie Evolutive, Ecologie et Gestion des Ecosystèmes, Département de Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal
- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Evolutive, Ecologie et Gestion des Ecosystèmes, Département de Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Evolutive, Ecologie et Gestion des Ecosystèmes, Département de Biologie animale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal
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- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Secció de Parasitologia, Departament de Biologia, Sanitat i Medi ambient, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ultrastructural organisation of the spermatozoon of Allopodocotyle tunisiensis Derbel and Neifar, 2009 (Digenea, Opecoelidae), an intestinal parasite of Solea aegyptiaca Chabanaud, 1927 (Teleostei, Soleidae). Tissue Cell 2019; 57:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2019.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Spermatological characteristics of Siphoderina aloysiae (Digenea, Cryptogonimidae), an intestinal parasite of Sciaena umbra (Teleostei, Sciaenidae). ZOOMORPHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00435-019-00434-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bâ A, Ndiaye PI, Bakhoum AJS, Bray RA, Bâ CT, Marchand B, Quilichini Y. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Aephnidiogenes senegalensis (Digenea, Aephnidiogenidae), an intestinal parasite of Pomadasys jubelini (Teleostei, Haemulidae) off the coast of Dakar (Senegal). ZOOL ANZ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ponce de León R, Volonterio O. Ultrastructural description of the spermatogenesis and spermatozoa in Phaenocora unipunctata (Platyhelminthes, Neotyphloplanida). J Morphol 2018; 279:648-659. [PMID: 29436730 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis and sperm morphology have found many characters that are likely to provide clues to the phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes. However, the lack of information on many free-living groups has been a limiting factor. There is a single description of the spermatogenesis and spermatozoa in a Phaenocora species, namely P. anomalocoela, therefore a similar analysis was made in Phaenocora unipunctata to compare the intrageneric variation of sperm ultrastructure and spermatogenesis in the Neotyphloplanida. The comparison of the two Phaenocora species shows that several characters have the potential to be relevant to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships at different taxonomic levels. The presence of superficially incorporated axonemes outside the ring of cortical microtubules in the mature sperm cell, resulting from the fusion of the axonemes with the median cytoplasmic process during spermiogenesis, as well as the presence of a constant number of microtubules in the different regions of the spermatozoon, seem to constitute apomorphies of the genus Phaenocora. Furthermore, the presence of an axonemal spur, the compression of cortical microtubules by the rotation of the basal bodies during spermiogenesis, and the presence of a connection between the nucleus and the plasma membrane in the mature spermatozoon, support previous proposals that these characters are apomorphies of Dalytyphloplanida. The comparison of spermatogenesis and spermatozoa of P. unipunctata and P. anomalocoela demonstrates that studying intrageneric variation can give valuable insights into the significance of many characters proposed for phylogenetic studies of the Rhabdocoela.
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- Rodrigo Ponce de León
- Sección Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay
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- Sección Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay
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Kacem H, Blasco S, Foronda P, Miquel J. Sperm characters of Timoniella imbutiforme (Digenea, Opisthorchioidea, Cryptogonimidae), a parasite of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax. ZOOL ANZ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kacem H, Quilichini Y, Neifar L, Torres J, Miquel J. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Macvicaria obovata (Digenea: Opecoelidae), a parasite of Sparus aurata(Pisces: Teleostei) from the Gulf of Gabès, Mediterranean Sea. Acta Parasitol 2017; 62:520-528. [PMID: 28682772 DOI: 10.1515/ap-2017-0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The ultrastructural organization of the spermatozoon of the digenean Macvicaria obovata (Opecoelidae) is described by transmission electron microscopy. Alive digeneans were collected from the digestive tract of Sparus aurata (Teleostei, Sparidae), caught from the Gulf of Gabès in Chebba, Tunisia (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). The male gamete of M. obovata is a filiform cell, tapered at both extremities and exhibits typical characters such as two axonemes of different lengths showing the 9+'1' trepaxonematan pattern, a nucleus, mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. Cortical microtubules are absent in the anterior spermatozoon extremity and appear after the disappearance of the electron-dense material. The first mitochondrion is of moniliform type and it is associated with the external ornamentation of the plasma membrane and spine-like bodies. The second mitochondrion is more posteriorly located, reaching the nuclear region. The present study provides new data on the mature male gamete of M. obovata that may be useful for the understanding of digenean relationships and phylogenetic studies.
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Bakhoum AJS, Miquel J, Ndiaye PI, Justine JL, Falchi A, Bâ CT, Marchand B, Quilichini Y. Advances in Spermatological Characters in the Digenea: Review and Proposal of Spermatozoa Models and Their Phylogenetic Importance. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 2017; 98:111-165. [PMID: 28942768 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The wide biodiversity and economic importance of digeneans have motivated a great deal of research in the last decade, focussing on their phylogenetic positions. Molecular research was instrumental for our understanding of phylogeny in the Digenea, but spermatological studies have also provided many results, which are potentially useful for phylogeny; however, the complete spermatological data set has never been reviewed in a whole phylogenetic perspective. Spermatological data are now available for more than 100 species, belonging to 15 superfamilies and 46 families. In this paper, we try to summarize the current knowledge about sperm structure in the digeneans and propose a classification of digenean spermatozoa into five basic models. The main ultrastructural characters used are (1) the type of axoneme, (2) the lateral expansion, (3) the association 'external ornamentation of the plasma membrane + cortical microtubules', (4) the field of cortical microtubules and its number, (5) the location of the external ornamentation, (6) the location of the maximum number of cortical microtubules and (7) the number of mitochondria. We also outline the most interesting features for phylogenetic inference and their possible value in the context of digenean systematics, phylogeny and evolution. Associations between sperm models and superfamilies were found as follows: Type 1 in the Schistosomatoidea; Type 2 in the Hemiuroidea; Type 3 in the Opecoeloidea, Lepocreadioidea, Haploporoidea and Opisthorchioidea; Type 4 in the Gorgoderoidea, Microphalloidea, Plagiorchioidea and Gymnophalloidea; Type 5 in the Echinostomatoidea, Microscaphidioidea, Paramphistomoidea, Pronocephaloidea and Brachylaimoidea.
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- Abdoulaye J S Bakhoum
- CNRS - Università di Corsica, UMR 6134 - SPE, Corte, France; Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; IRBio, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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Bakhoum AJ, Kacem H, Neifar L, Miquel J. The Opecoelidae sperm model and its contribution to phylogeny: Spermatozoon ultrastructural particularities of Allopodocotyle pedicellata (Plagioporinae, Digenea, Platyhelminthes). ZOOL ANZ 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ndiaye PI, Quilichini Y, Marigo AM, Bâ CT, Tkach VV, Marchand B. Ultrastructural characteristics of the mature spermatozoon of the digenean Sclerodistomum italicum (Stossich, 1893) (Hemiuroidea, Sclerodistomidae) intestinal parasite of Hypocanthus amia (Teleostei, Carangidae). Tissue Cell 2016; 49:15-21. [PMID: 28087142 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2016.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 12/18/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The mature spermatozoon of Sclerodistomum italicum is filiform, tapered at both ends and shows the following features: 2 axonemes of the 9+"1" pattern of the Trepaxonemata, mitochondrion, nucleus and parallel cortical microtubules. The specific features of the spermatozoon of S. italicum include the simultaneous presence of two types of extramembranous ornamentations, the presence of short cortical microtubules in the anterior part of the spermatozoon and the presence of only one bundle of cortical microtubules in the median part of the spermatozoon. Thus far these structures are known only in the Hemiuroidea. The presence of filamentous ornamentation in the anterior extremity of the spermatozoon has not previously been described in the Sclerodistomidae. Similar to spermatozoa of other hemiuroideans, S. italicum lack spine-like bodies described in spermatozoa of many digenean taxa. The posterior extremity of the spermatozoon exhibits the same ultrastructural characteristics typical of the Hemiuroidea.
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- Papa Ibnou Ndiaye
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal.
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- UMR SPE 6134, CNRS - Università di Corsica, SERME Service d'Etude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique, Campus Grimaldi, 20250 Corte, Corsica, France
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- UMR SPE 6134, CNRS - Università di Corsica, SERME Service d'Etude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique, Campus Grimaldi, 20250 Corte, Corsica, France
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Quilichini Y, Bakhoum AJS, Justine JL, Bray RA, Bâ CT, Marchand B. Spermatozoon ultrastructure in two monorchiid digeneans. PeerJ 2016; 4:e2488. [PMID: 27688980 PMCID: PMC5036076 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spermatological characteristics of species from two monorchiid genera, Opisthomonorchis and Paramonorcheides, have been investigated, for the first time, by means of transmission electron microscopy. The ultrastructural study reveals that the mature spermatozoon of Opisthomonorchis dinema and Paramonorcheides selaris share several characters such as the presence of two axonemes of different lengths showing the 9+"1" pattern of the Trepaxonemata, a nucleus, two mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies, granules of glycogen and similar morphologies of the anterior and posterior extremities. The slight differences between the male gamete of O. dinema and P. selaris are the length of the first axoneme and the position of the second mitochondrion. This study also elucidates the general morphology of the spermatozoon in all monorchiid species described so far, which corresponds to a unique spermatozoon type. Other interesting finds concern the spermatological similarities between monorchiid spermatozoa and the mature spermatozoon reported in the apocreadiid Neoapocreadium chabaudi. These similarities allow us to suggest a close phylogenetical relationship between the Monorchiidae and the Apocreadiidae, although more studies are needed, especially in the unexplored taxa.
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- Yann Quilichini
- GEM - Service d'Etude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique (SERME), UMR 6134 -SPE, CNRS -University of Corsica , Corte , Corsica , France
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- GEM - Service d'Etude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique (SERME), UMR 6134 -SPE, CNRS -University of Corsica, Corte, Corsica, France; Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
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- ISYEB, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Sorbonne Universités , Paris , France
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- Department of Life Sciences, National History Museum of London , London , United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar , Dakar , Senegal
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- GEM - Service d'Etude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique (SERME), UMR 6134 -SPE, CNRS -University of Corsica , Corte , Corsica , France
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Diagne PM, Bâ CT, Ndiaye PI, Bray RA, Marchand B, Quilichini Y. Sperm ultrastructure of Podocotyloides magnatestis (Digenea, Opecoeloidea, Opecoelidae) a parasite of Parapristipoma octolineatum (Pisces, Teleostei). ZOOL ANZ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bakhoum AJS, Quilichini Y, Justine JL, Bray RA, Miquel J, Feliu C, Bâ CT, Marchand B. First spermatological study in the Atractotrematidae (Digenea, Haploporoidea): the case of Atractotrema sigani, intestinal parasite of Siganus lineatus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 22:26. [PMID: 26475645 PMCID: PMC4609001 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2015026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
The ultrastructural organization of the mature spermatozoon of the digenean Atractotrema sigani (from Siganus lineatus off New Caledonia) was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The male gamete of A. sigani exhibits the general morphology described in digeneans with the presence of two axonemes of different lengths showing the 9 + “1” pattern of the Trepaxonemata, a nucleus, two mitochondria, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. However, the mature spermatozoon of A. sigani has some specific characters such as the morphology of its anterior region and the submembranous electron-dense material. Although similar structures have been reported in some digenean species, the presence of a submembranous electron-dense material describing a complete ring is reported here for the first time in the mature spermatozoon of A. sigani. In addition, sperm characteristics are compared between the Haploporoidea and their supposed close superfamilies, and possible phylogenetic implications of these findings for the Digenea are discussed.
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- Abdoulaye J S Bakhoum
- CNRS-Università di Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte 20250, Corsica, France - Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- CNRS-Università di Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte 20250, Corsica, France
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- ISYEB, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, CP 51, 55 rue Buffon 75231, Paris cedex 05, France
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, UK
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- Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain - Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain - Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- CNRS-Università di Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte 20250, Corsica, France
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Quilichini Y, Ndiaye PI, Sène A, Justine JL, Bray RA, Tkach VV, Bâ CT, Marchand B. Ultrastructural characters of the spermatozoa in Digeneans of the genus Bianium Stunkard, 1930 (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae) parasites of fishes: a comparative study of Bianium plicitum and Bianium arabicum. Parasitol Res 2015. [PMID: 26220557 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4604-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kacem H, Ndiaye PI, Neifar L, Torres J, Miquel J. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the digenean Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Gymnophalloidea: Fellodistomidae): An intestinal parasite of Belone belone gracilis (Pisces: Teleostei). Tissue Cell 2015; 47:235-41. [PMID: 25796547 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2014] [Revised: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- H Kacem
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, Département des Sciences de la Vie, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Bakhoum AJS, Quilichini Y, Justine JL, Bray RA, Bâ CT, Marchand B. Neomultitestis aspidogastriformis Bray and Cribb, 2003 (Digenea, Lepocreadiidae): mature spermatozoon and sperm morphologies in the Lepocreadioidea. Cell Biol Int 2015; 39:799-807. [PMID: 25644308 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Spermatological characteristics are described for the first time in the genus Neomultitestis Machida, 1982, belonging to the family Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905. Adult Neomultitestis aspidogastriformis were collected from the digestive tract of Platax teira, caught off New Caledonia. The mature spermatozoon of N. aspidogastriformis is described by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It includes two axonemes with 9 + "1" pattern of Trepaxonemata, an antero-lateral electron-dense material, attachment zones, two mitochondria, a nucleus, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies, and granules of glycogen. Certain ultrastructural characteristics of the spermatozoon, especially the antero-lateral electron-dense material, are shared by N. aspidogastriformis and all species of the superfamily Lepocreadioidea studied so far. The antero-lateral electron-dense material, present in different families of lepocreadioids, supports the monophyletic status of the superfamily. We also list several ultrastructural characteristics which characterize the mature spermatozoon of the Lepocreadioidea.
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- Abdoulaye J S Bakhoum
- CNRS-University of Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte, 20250, Corsica, France.,Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP, 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- CNRS-University of Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte, 20250, Corsica, France
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- ISYEB, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75231, Paris cedex 05, France
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, BP, 5055, Dakar, Senegal
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- CNRS-University of Corsica, UMR 6134-SPE, SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Électronique, Corte, 20250, Corsica, France
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Bakhoum AJS, Quilichini Y, Justine JL, Bray RA, Bâ CT, Marchand B. Ultrastructural study of sperm cells in Acanthocolpidae: the case of Stephanostomum murielae and Stephanostomoides tenuis (Digenea). PeerJ 2015; 3:e744. [PMID: 25699200 PMCID: PMC4330903 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The mature spermatozoa of Stephanostomum murielae and Stephanostomoides tenuis are described by transmission electron microscopy. They present several ultrastructural features previously reported in other digeneans. Their spermatozoa possess two axonemes of different length showing the 9 + '1' trepaxonematan pattern, four attachment zones, two mitochondria (with an anterior moniliform one in S. murielae), a nucleus, two bundles of parallel cortical microtubules, external ornamentation of the plasma membrane, spine-like bodies and granules of glycogen. The main differences between the mature spermatozoon of S. murielae and S. tenuis are the maximum number of cortical microtubules, the morphology of the anterior spermatozoon extremity and the anterior mitochondrion. This study is the first concerning members of the family Acanthocolpidae. The main ultrastructural characteristics discussed are the morphology of the anterior and posterior spermatozoon extremities, antero-lateral electron dense material, external ornamentations, spine-like bodies and number and morphology of mitochondria. In addition, the phylogenetic significance of all these ultrastructural features is discussed and compared to molecular results in order to highlight the complex relationships in the Digenea.
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- Abdoulaye J S Bakhoum
- SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique, UMR 6134-SPE CNRS-Università di Corsica , Corte, Corsica , France ; Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar , Dakar , Senegal
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- SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique, UMR 6134-SPE CNRS-Università di Corsica , Corte, Corsica , France
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- ISYEB, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (UMR7205 CNRS, EPHE, MNHN, UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle , Paris Cedex , France
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum , London , United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Management of Ecosystems, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar , Dakar , Senegal
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- SERME Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Microscopie Electronique, UMR 6134-SPE CNRS-Università di Corsica , Corte, Corsica , France
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