Maturative pattern of ovary and testis in eutardigrades of freshwater and terrestrial habitats

Autor:	Lorena Rebecchi, Roberto Bertolani
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Gonad Ecology Ovary (botany) Zoology Biology Testicle biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure Habitat Eutardigrade medicine Animal Science and Zoology Spermatogenesis Moulting Semelparity and iteroparity Developmental Biology
Zdroj:	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 26:107-117
ISSN:	2157-0272 0792-4259
DOI:	10.1080/07924259.1994.9672407
Popis:	Summary We studied the life history of tardigrades with a particular focus on the maturative patterns of the ovary and testis. Specimens collected in nature belonging to four species of one freshwater and two semiterrestrial genera of eutardigrades were examined. The females of all examined species are always iteroparous; they have several maturative cycles with synchronously developing oocytes. Four maturative stages can be distinguished in each ovarian cycle, which is clearly correlated with moulting. In contrast, gametocyte maturation does not seem to be correlated with moulting in males and varies markedly in the considered genera. The testes of adult specimens of Macrobiotus always contain both mature spermatozoa and cells at earlier stages in spermatogenesis (continuous maturation). The testis of Pseudobiotus megalonyx, the only freshwater species examined, shows a gradual increase in spermatozoa that in the end completely fill the gonad (progressive maturation, tied to a semelparous life cycle). Th...
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