{"title":"First report of aflagellate spermatozoon in a parasitic Platyhelminthe, found in the Monogenean Diplozoon gracile (Polyopisthocotylea, Diplozoidae)","authors":"J. Justine, N. Brun, X. Mattei","doi":"10.1051/PARASITE/1985606761","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The spermatozoon of Diplozoon gracile , studied by electron microscopy, does not show any flagellum, but contains numerous longitudinal singlet microtubules. This is the first reported case of an aflagellate spermatozoon in the Monogenea and even in the parasitic Platyhelminthes in general.","PeriodicalId":72205,"journal":{"name":"Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparee","volume":"33 1","pages":"761-762"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1051/PARASITE/1985606761","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparee","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1051/PARASITE/1985606761","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The spermatozoon of Diplozoon gracile , studied by electron microscopy, does not show any flagellum, but contains numerous longitudinal singlet microtubules. This is the first reported case of an aflagellate spermatozoon in the Monogenea and even in the parasitic Platyhelminthes in general.