Abstract
The fine structure of the dicyemid mesozoan, Dicyema acuticephalum, from Octopus vulgaris, was studied with special attention to intercellular junctional complexes between various kinds of cells. Two types of intercellular junction, namely, adherens junctions and gap junctions, were found in both vermiform stages and in infusoriform embryos. Adherens junctions were classified into two types. Zonulae adherentes-like junctions were observed between adjacent peripheral cells at vermiform stages, between adjacent external cells of infusoriform embryos, and between members of groups of internal cells that covered the urn in infusoriform embryos. Maculae adherentes-like junctions were seen between a peripheral cell and an axial cell at vermiform stages. In infusoriform embryos, these junctions were observed between various types of cells, excluding urn cells. Gap junctions were found between adjacent peripheral cells at vermiform stages, whereas in infusoriform embryos these junctions were located between various types of cells excluding urn cells. Dicyemids might be the most primitive multicellular animals to possess these basic types of cell junctions. Ciliary rootlet systems at vermiform stages and in infusoriform embryos were uni...Continue Reading
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