Morphogenesis of the Euplotid Ciliate Uronychia binucleata Young, 1922(Ciliophora,Hypotrichia)

Morphogenesis of a population of the marine euplotid ciliate, Uronychia binucleata, which was found in Yellow Sea coastal waters next to a sewage outfall at a beach near Zhanqiao Pier, Qingdao, China, was investigated using protargol staining. The main pattern of morphogenesis is typical for the genus and can be summarized as follows: 1) the oral primordium in both proter and opisthe develops de novo in a subcortical pouch. In each daughter cell, the developing adoral zone of membranelles divides into two parts. The new membranelles formed in the proter's oral primordium will replace the leftmost five parental ones; six parental membranelles are retained by the proter; 2) the undulating membranes anlage is formed and develops independently from the oral primordium within the same subcortical pouch; 3) five primary front oventral-transverse cirral anlagen appear de novo on the cell surface; 4) the marginal cirral anlagen are formed de novo; 5) the leftmost frontal cirrus develops de novo on the cell surface; 6) two caudal cirri are formed at the posterior end of the rightmost anlage while the second primordium from the right gives rise to the third caudal cirrus. In contrast to its congeners, the anlage of the leftmost frontal cirrus is formed to the right of the undulating membranes anlage and before the formation of the latter.     

单环刺螠生殖腺的发生及雌体的生殖周期

采用组织学方法观察单环刺螠(Urechis unicinctus)生殖腺的发生、卵巢的结构及其年周期变化.结果显示:3.5cm幼螠中,原始生殖细胞迁至后肠管壁外的结缔组织膜处,并数个集群与该处的体细胞共同构成性腺原基;至4 cm幼螠,性腺初具雏形;随着个体的生长和成熟,构成卵巢的细胞不断增殖,于虫体尾部后肠腹侧形成长条形膜状的卵巢,外周为卵原细胞,中央为结缔组织,其两端分别与后肠管壁外侧和体壁内侧相连.根据卵巢的组织学和体腔液中雌性生殖细胞的细胞学特征,单环刺螠的卵巢发育可划分为增殖期、生长期、成熟期、排放期和休止期5个时期.单环刺螠生殖腺为低等的定型类型,其卵巢成熟期较生殖期早半个月.     

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile: A Structural Study of the Photosynthetic Apparatus

Abstract. P. oceanica forms broad prairies which completely surround the island of Ischia. This is a histochemical and ultrastructural study of the photosynthetic apparatus of the Posidonia plant. In the leaf, epidermal cells have a porous region underneath the cuticle and contain most of the chloroplasts. Fiber bundles run hypodermally and phenol storing cells are present in the mesophyll. Chloroplast ontogenesis is characterized by juvenile stages with provesicular bodies. Sea depth apparently affects some morphological features of the photosynthetic apparatus, like leaf blade thickness, phenolic cell and hypodermal fiber frequency.