[Ultrastructural organization of renal malpighian bodies in the Atlantic cod]

Ultrastructural peculiarities of podocytes of the renal filtrating apparatus have been revealed: the presence of tubulo--reticular structures in the perikaryon and in the cytoplasm of trabecules, and also of spherical formation on cell luminal surface were revealed. Tubuloreticular structures in the podocytes of kidneys of marine fishes have been described for the first time.