FIGURE 4 in The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications

• Main Author: Bohn, Jens Michael
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Holothuroidea; Dendrochirotida; Psolidae; Echinopsolus; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4928472; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4928472

FIGURE 4. Ultrastructure (TEM) of spermatozeugmata and sperm cells of Echinopsolus spp. a–d. E. splendidus. a. Overview of ripe sperm cells and spermiogenesis-stages. b. Different regions of sperm cells in oblique cutting planes. c. Nuclear apex with cup-shaped indentation containing acrosomal complex. d. Cross section through mid-piece at level of centriolar satellite complex. e. E. acanthocola, longitudinal sections through sperm-cell head and mid-piece. f. E. koehleri longitudinal section through sperm-cell head and mid-piece. g–i. E. parvipes. g. Close up of nuclear apex with acrosomal vesicle anchored by actomere and subacrosomal plate (arrowheads) in periachrosomal material. h. Close up of the mid-piece region in axial section plane. i–k. Cross sections through mid-pieces at level of centriolar satellite complex. i. E. parvipes. j. E. charcoti. k. E. koehleri (premature). a—acrosomal vesicle; dc—distal centriole; f—flagellum; m—mid-piece; n—nucleus; p—periacrosomal material; pc—proximal centriole; s—spermiogenesis-stages; sc—centriolar satellite complex. Published as part of Bohn, Jens Michael, 2014, The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications, pp. 573-591 in Zootaxa 3841 (4) on page 581, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4928464