Ultrastructural characters of the spermatozoa in Digeneans of the genus Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (Digenea, Hemiuridae), parasites of fishes: comparative study of L. microstomum and L. musculus

• Published in: Parasite
• Main Authors: Ndiaye, Papa Ibnou, Quilichini, Yann, Sène, Aminata, Tkach, Vasyl V., Bâ, Cheikh Tidiane, Marchand, Bernard
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Doublets; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178227; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275216; https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014050

This study provides the first ultrastructural data of spermatozoa in the genus Lecithochirium. The spermatozoa of L. microstomum (from Trichiurus lepturus in Senegal) and L. musculus (from Anguilla anguilla in Corsica) exhibit the general pattern described in the great majority of the Digenea, namel...