The Structure of the Opisthaptor of Aspidogaster Conchicola Baer, 1826 (Aspidogastridae, Trematoda)

Author: Bakker K.E.   Diegenbach P.C.  

Publisher: Brill

ISSN: 1568-542X

Source: Netherlands Journal of Zoology, Vol.24, Iss.2, 1973-01, pp. : 162-170

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Abstract

We have attempted as well from the observed movements of A. conchicola's suckers, as from a reconstruction of the musculature of the haptor, to explain the working of the haptor. We also studied the ultrastructure of the marginal organs, composed of muscle-fibres of which the arrangement and working have been discussed. The ultrastructure of all cells situated within the haptor have been discussed. A theory about the function of the gland cells is proposed. The presence of sense cells in the tegument of the haptor is mentioned.