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Stichosome ultrastructure of the fish nematode Capillaria pterophylli Heinze, 1933
1Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovská 31, 37005 Ceské Budĕjovice, Czech Republic.
Parasite (Paris, France)
|July 16, 2002
Abstract:
The stichosome (posterior glandular esophagus) of Capillaria pterophylli Heinze, 1933 consists of large gland cells (stichocytes) and lumenal epithelium with cuticular lining. Both structures are enclosed in a reticulum of muscle cells. The stichocyte cytoplasm contains small cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes, one kind of electron dense secretory granules, mitochondria and a branching system of intracellular collecting ducts without filament bundles around them.