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Morphology of Acrobeles Complexus Thorne Cultivated On Agar

Morphology of Acrobeles Complexus Thorne Cultivated On Agar MORPHOLOGY OF ACROBELES COMPLEXUS THORNE CULTIVATED ON AGAR BY PAUL R. THOMAS National Agricultural Advisory Service, Starcross, Exeter, England1) The morphology of Acrobeles complexus is described and illustrated from a study of serial cross sections, totomounts and live specimens cultivated on agar, with special reference to the following: complexity of the cephalic region; the lumen lining, bulbar valve, feeding mechanism and nuclear distribution of the oesophagus; the oligocytous intestine; the nervous system; male and female gonads and secondary sexual characters. There are few morphological studies of members of the Cephalobidae Chitwood & Chitwood, 1934. In 1925 Thorne introduced valuable terms such as "probolae" and "cephalic axils" to describe features of the acrobelin head. Steiner (1929) described the gross morphology of Acrobele.r crossotus which he found in diseased bulbs of .Iri.r tingitana. On the basis of the arrangement and development of the stomatorhabdions (Steiner, 1933), Thorne (1937) distinguished between the cephaloboid and panagrolaimoid types of stoma, the former occurring in the Acro- belinae. Specimens of A. complexu.r, collected from an experimental plot in the lath- house of the Nematology Department, University of California at Davis, were cultivated on agar plates in the laboratory. Biology of the nematode has been http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nematologica Brill

Morphology of Acrobeles Complexus Thorne Cultivated On Agar

Thomas, Paul R.
Nematologica , Volume 11 (3): 12 – Jan 1, 1965
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MORPHOLOGY OF ACROBELES COMPLEXUS THORNE CULTIVATED ON AGAR BY PAUL R. THOMAS National Agricultural Advisory Service, Starcross, Exeter, England1) The morphology of Acrobeles complexus is described and illustrated from a study of serial cross sections, totomounts and live specimens cultivated on agar, with special reference to the following: complexity of the cephalic region; the lumen lining, bulbar valve, feeding mechanism and nuclear distribution of the oesophagus; the oligocytous intestine; the nervous system; male and female gonads and secondary sexual characters. There are few morphological studies of members of the Cephalobidae Chitwood & Chitwood, 1934. In 1925 Thorne introduced valuable terms such as "probolae" and "cephalic axils" to describe features of the acrobelin head. Steiner (1929) described the gross morphology of Acrobele.r crossotus which he found in diseased bulbs of .Iri.r tingitana. On the basis of the arrangement and development of the stomatorhabdions (Steiner, 1933), Thorne (1937) distinguished between the cephaloboid and panagrolaimoid types of stoma, the former occurring in the Acro- belinae. Specimens of A. complexu.r, collected from an experimental plot in the lath- house of the Nematology Department, University of California at Davis, were cultivated on agar plates in the laboratory. Biology of the nematode has been

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