Folia Parasitologica 38[2] 179-181 (1991)
ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE-TRACT OF ECHINOSTOMA-REVOLUTUM CERCARIA
- ZDARSKA, Z (reprint author), CZECHOSLOVAK ACAD SCI, INST PARASITOL, BRANISOVSKA 31, CS-37005 CESKE BUDEJOVICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The digestive tract of a fully formed free-swimming cercaria of Echinostoma revolutum (Froelich, 1802) Dietz, 1909 was studied by electron microscopy. The oral sucker and pharynx are covered by a tegument. The oesophagus and the caeca are not luminized. They are packed with giant epithelial cells with electron-dense granules of irregular shape, rough endoplasmic reticulum and its cisterns, and Golgi apparatus. The tegument of the oral sucker cavity contains numerous uniciliate receptors.
Published: June 1, 1991 Show citation
