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Ultrastructure of the egg shell of the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus crassus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

V.P. Nikishin
V.P. Nikishin*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ecology of Helminths, Institute of the Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaja Street 18, 685000 Magadan, Russia
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Abstract

In the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus crassus five embryonic envelopes have been identified, including four, which are similar to those in previously studied acanthocephalans and a supplementary one, located between the outer and the second envelopes, which is characteristic of only a few Eoacanthocephala. The terminology of the envelopes in relation to their origin and possible function is discussed.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , September 2007 , pp. 233 - 237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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