Morphology, structure of dimorphic sperm, and reproduction in the hermaphroditic commensal bivalve Pseudopythina tsurumaru (Galeommatoidea: Kellidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 407-420

  Lützen, Jørgen ^a   Jespersen, Åse ^a   Takahashi, Tohru ^b   Kai, Takayuki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KUMAMOTO HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commensal bivalve; Dimorphic sperm; Galeommatoidea; Reproduction; Sperm ultrastructure; Spermatozeugma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA CUCUMBER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEA CUCUMBERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA;

BIVALVIA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; GALEOMMATOIDEA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; PROTANKYRA; PSEUDOPYTHINA;

EID: 7044231319     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10158     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Fujita T. 1982. Dredgings by the R.V. Tsuru-Maru in the Ariake Sea. Chiribotan 14:45.
2. Gage J. 1968a. The mode of life of Montacuta elevata, a bivalve 'commensal' with Clymenella torquata (Polychaeta). Can J Zool 46:877-892.
3. Gage J. 1968b. The mode of life of Mysella cuneata, a bivalve 'commensal' with Phascolion strombi (Sipunculoidea). Can J Zool 46:919-934.
4. Habe T. 1959. Five new minute bivalves from Japan (Erycinacea, Pelecypoda). Publ Seto Mar Biol Lab 7:291-294.
5. Habe T. 1977. Systematics of Mollusca in Japan. Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. Tokyo: Hokuryokan.
6. Healy JM. 1982. Ultrastructure of paraspermatozoa, euspermatozoa and eusperm-like spermatozoa of Obtortio cf fulva (Prosobranchia: Cerithiacea). Helgoländer Meeresunters 35:489-500.
7. Jespersen Å, Kosuge T, Lützen J. 2001. Sperm dimorphism and spermatozeugmata in the commensal bivalve Pseudopythina macrophthalmensis (Galeommatoidea, Kellidae). Zoomorphology 120:177-189.
8. Jespersen Å, Lützen J, Morton B. 2002. Ultrastructure of dimorphic sperm and seminal receptacles in the hermaphrodites Barrimysia siphonosomae and Pseudopythina ochetostomae (Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea). Zoomorphology 121:159-172.
9. Kohnert R. 1980. Zum Spermiendimorphismus der Prosobranchier: Spermiogenese und ultrastrutureller Aufbau der Spermien von Bithynia tentaculata (L.). Zool Anz 205:145-161.
10. MacGinitie GE, MacGinitie N. 1968. Natural history of marine animals, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill. p 1-523.
11. Morton B. 1972. Some aspects of the functional morphology and biology of Pseudopythina subsinuata (Bivalvia: Leptonacea) commensal on stomatopod crustaceans. J Zool (Lond) 166:79-96.
12. Morton B. 1988. Partnerships in the sea: Hong Kong's marine symbioses. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p 1-124.
13. Morton B, Scott PH. 1989. The Hong Kong Galeommatacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and their hosts, with descriptions of new species. Asian Mar Biol 6:129-160.
14. Narchi W. 1969. On Pseudopythina rugifera (Carpenter, 1864) (Bivalvia). Veliger 12:43-52.
15. O'Foighil D. 1985. Form, function, and origin of temporary dwarf males in Pseudopythina rugifera (Carpenter, 1864) (Bivalvia: Galeommatacea). Veliger 27:245-252.
16. Ohshima H. 1931. On Entovalva semperi Ohshima, an aberrant commensal bivalve. Venus 2:161-177.
17. Pettibone MH. 1953. Some scale-bearing polychaetes of Puget Sound and adjacent waters. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p 1-89.
18. Popham ML. 1940. The mantle cavity of some of the Erycinidae, Montacutidae and Galeommatidae with special reference to the ciliary mechanisms. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 24:549-587.
19. Rosewater J. 1984. A new species of Leptonacean bivalve from off northwestern Peru (Heterodonta: Veneroida: Lasaeidae). Veliger 27:81-89.