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Article: Four lines of spermatid development and dimorphic spermatozoa in the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina (Echinodermata, Echinoida)

TitleFour lines of spermatid development and dimorphic spermatozoa in the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina (Echinodermata, Echinoida)
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Issue Date1998
PublisherSpringer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00435/index.htm
Citation
Zoomorphology, 1998, v. 118 n. 3, p. 159-168 How to Cite?
AbstractThe process of sperm development in the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina was studied by light and electron microscopy. Similar to other echinoids studied, a single flagellum, striated rootlet and nuage-like materials were present in spermatogonia of A. crassispina. Spermatocytes near the diplotene stage showed intracellular localization of the axoneme which appeared to be a retracted flagellum prior to cell division. Fibrous filaments were associated with a proximal centriole in spermatocytes and spermatids and might be involved in movement of the proximal centriole. An acrosomal vesicle was developed and a residual body was formed in spermatids. The special development patterns in A. crassispina attributed to the presence of two patterns of tail development and two patterns of mitochondrial development during spermiogenesis. These four lines of spermiogenesis resulted in the formation of four morphological types of sperm cell, i.e. sperms with: (1) a symmetrical midpiece and posterior tail, (2) an asymmetrical midpiece and posterior tail, (3) a symmetrical midpiece and bent tail and (4) an asymmetrical midpiece and bent tail. Sperm cells with bent tails (type 3+4) were probably still at the late spermatid stage because results of scanning electron microscopy demonstrated gradual detachment and eventual straightening of the bent tail, and their percentage occurrence in the sperm population decreased significantly (P<0.05) towards the spawning season of A. crassispina. Spermatozoa with a symmetrical midpiece were dominant (averaging 70% occurrence in the sperm population) over those with an asymmetrical midpiece. The dimorphic spermatozoa in A. crassispina (types 1, 2) are both considered to be euspermatozoa as their morphology is typical for Echinoida.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/92702
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dc.description.abstractThe process of sperm development in the sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina was studied by light and electron microscopy. Similar to other echinoids studied, a single flagellum, striated rootlet and nuage-like materials were present in spermatogonia of A. crassispina. Spermatocytes near the diplotene stage showed intracellular localization of the axoneme which appeared to be a retracted flagellum prior to cell division. Fibrous filaments were associated with a proximal centriole in spermatocytes and spermatids and might be involved in movement of the proximal centriole. An acrosomal vesicle was developed and a residual body was formed in spermatids. The special development patterns in A. crassispina attributed to the presence of two patterns of tail development and two patterns of mitochondrial development during spermiogenesis. These four lines of spermiogenesis resulted in the formation of four morphological types of sperm cell, i.e. sperms with: (1) a symmetrical midpiece and posterior tail, (2) an asymmetrical midpiece and posterior tail, (3) a symmetrical midpiece and bent tail and (4) an asymmetrical midpiece and bent tail. Sperm cells with bent tails (type 3+4) were probably still at the late spermatid stage because results of scanning electron microscopy demonstrated gradual detachment and eventual straightening of the bent tail, and their percentage occurrence in the sperm population decreased significantly (P<0.05) towards the spawning season of A. crassispina. Spermatozoa with a symmetrical midpiece were dominant (averaging 70% occurrence in the sperm population) over those with an asymmetrical midpiece. The dimorphic spermatozoa in A. crassispina (types 1, 2) are both considered to be euspermatozoa as their morphology is typical for Echinoida.en_HK
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