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Ultrastructural study of sensory cells of the proboscidial glandular epithelium of
Riseriellus occultus
(Nemertea, Heteronemertea)
Montalvo, S.; Junoy, J.; Roldán, C.; García-Corrales, P.
(1996). Ultrastructural study of sensory cells of the proboscidial glandular epithelium of
Riseriellus occultus
(Nemertea, Heteronemertea).
J. Morphol. 229(1)
: 83-96.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4687(199607)229:1<83::aid-jmor5>3.0.co;2-q
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Journal of Morphology. The Wistar Institute Press/Wiley: Philadelphia, Pa . ISSN 0362-2525; e-ISSN 1097-4687,
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Montalvo, S.
Junoy, J.
Roldán, C.
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García-Corrales, P.
Abstract
Only one sensory cell type has been observed within the glandular epithelium of the proboscis in the heteronemertine
Riseriellus occultus.
These bipolar cells are abundant and scattered singly throughout the proboscis length. The apical surface of each dendrite bears a single cilium enclosed by a ring of six to eight prominent microvilli. The cilium has the typical 9×2 + 2 axoneme arrangement and is equipped with a cross-striated vertical rootlet extending from the basal body. No accessory centriole or horizontal rootlet was observed. Large, modified microvilli (stereovilli) surrounding the cilium are joined together by a system of fine filaments derived from the glycocalyx. Each microvillus contains a bundle of actin-like filaments which anchor on the indented inner surface of a dense, apical ring situated beneath the level of the ciliary basal body. The tip of the cilium is expanded and modified to form a bulb-like structure which lies above the level where the surrounding microvilli terminate. In the region where the cilium emerges from the microvillar cone, the membrane of the microvillar apices makes contact with a corresponding portion of the ciliary membrane. At this level microvilli and cilium are apparently firmly linked by junctional systems resembling adherens junctions. The results suggest that these sensory cells may be mechanoreceptors. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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