Ultrastructural observations on the male gametes in Austrognathia sp. (Gnathostomulida, Bursovaginoidea)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-176

  Lanfranchi, Alberto ^a   Falleni, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austrognathia sp.; Bursovaginoidea; Gametes; Gnathostomulida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031927010     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199808)237:2<165::AID-JMOR7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Alberts, B., D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts, and J. D. Watson (1994) Molecular Biology of the Cell. New York: Garland Publishing.
2. Alvested-Graebner, I., and H. Adam (1983) Gnathostomulida. In K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi (eds): Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Vol. 2: Spermatogenesis and Sperm Function. Chichester: J. Wiley and Sons, pp. 171-180.
3. Ax, P. (1956) Die Gnathostomulida, eine rätselhafte Wurmgruppe aus dem Meeressand. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz. Abh. Math. Nat. KI. 8:1-32.
4. Ax, P. (1960) Die Entdeckung neuer Organisationstypen im Tierreich. Wittenberg-Lutherstadt: Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei. A. Ziemsen.
5. Ax, P. (1966) Eine neue Tierklasse aus dem Litoral des Meeres- Gnathostomulida. Umschau Wissenschaft Technik 66:17-23.
6. Ax., P. (1985) The position of the Gnathostomulida and Platyhelminthes in the phylogenetic system of the Bilateria. In S. Conway Morris, J.D. George, R. Gibson, and H. M. Platt (eds): The Origins and Relationships of Lower Invertebrates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 168-180.
7. Ax, P. (1989) Basic phylogenetic systematization of the Metazoa. In B. Fernholm, K. Bremer, and H. Joernvall (eds): The Hierarchy of Life. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 229-245.
8. Ax, P. (1995) Das System der Metazoa. I. Ein Lehrbuch der phylogenetischen Systematik. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag.
9. Foor, W. E. (1968) Zygote formation in Ascaris lumbricoides (Nematoda). J. Cell. Biol. 39:119-134.
10. Foor, W. E. (1983) Nematoda. In K.G. Adiyodi and R.G. Adiyodi (eds): Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Vol. 2: Spermatogenesis and Sperm Function. Chichester: J. Wiley and Sons, pp. 221-256.
11. Haszprunar, G. (1996) Plathelminthes and Plathelminthomorpha-paraphyletic taxa. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 34:41-48.
12. Hyman, L. H. (1951) The Invertebrates: Acanthocephala, Aschelminthes, and Entoprocta. The Pseudocoelomate Bilateria, Vol 3. New York: McGraw-Hill.
13. Lammert, V. (1991) Gnathostomulida. In F. W. Harrison and E. E. Ruppert (eds): Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 4: Aschelminthes, New York: Wiley-Liss pp. 19-39.
14. Lanfranchi, A. (1998) Ultrastructural observations on the development of male gametes in Allostoma sp. (Plathelminthes, Prolecithophora). Hydrobiologia (in press).
15. Neill, B. W., and K. A. Wright (1973) Spermatogenesis in the hologonic testis of the trichuroid nematode, Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893). J. Ultrastruct. Res. 44:210-234.
16. Riedl, R. J. (1969) Gnathostomulida from America. Science 163:445-452.
17. Rieger, R. M., and S. Tyler (1995) Sister-group relationship of Gnathostomulida and Rotifera-Acanthocephala. Invertebr. Biol. 114:186-188.
18. Spooner, B. S., K. M. Yamada, and N. K. Wessels (1971) Microfilaments and cell locomotion. J. Cell Biol. 49:595-613.
19. Spradling, A. (1993) Development genetics of oogenesis. In M. Bate and A. Martinez-Arias (eds): Drosophila Development. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
20. Starrer, W. (1970) On some species of Austrognatharia, Pterognathia and Haplognathia nov. gen. from North Carolina coast (Gnathostomulida). Int. Rev. Ges. Hydrobiol. 55:371-385.
21. Sterrer, W. (1972) Systematics and evolution within the Gnathostomulida. Syst. Zool. 21:151-173.
22. Sterrer, W. (1974) Gnathostomulida. In A.C. Giese and J.S. Pierce (eds): Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates, Vol. 1: Acoelomate and Pseudocoelomate Metazoans. New York: Academic Press, pp. 345-347.
23. Sterrer, W., and R. A. Farris (1988). Gnathostomulida. In R. Higginns and H. Thiel (eds): Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, pp. 283-286.
24. Sterrer, W., M. Mainitz, and R. M. Rieger (1986). Gnathostomulida: enigmatic as ever. In S. Conway Morris. J.D. George, R. Gibson, and H.M. Platt (eds): The Origins and Relationships of Lower Invertebrates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 181-199.
25. Wright, K. A. (1991) Nematoda. In F.W. Harrison and E.E. Ruppert (eds): Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. Vol. 4: Aschelminthes. New York: Wiley-Liss, pp. 111-195.