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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 1-10 
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    Notes: Summary The crustacean class Mystacocarida is restricted to the interstitial marine sand environment. A cinemicrographic analysis of the functional morphology of locomotion in the mystacocarid D. typica was undertaken to demonstrate how this species progresses through the interstitial spaces. Locomotion is completely dependent on the presence of dorsal and ventral substrates. The biramous second antennae and mandibles are the force-generating appendages. During a locomotory cycle, the exopods of the second antennae and mandibles are directed dorsolaterally against a dorsal substrate. This creates a downward force enabling the endopods to gain purchase on the ventral substrate. The second antennae and mandibles undergo coordinated cyclic movements. Each cycle results in two power and two recovery strokes. The animals undergo approximately 4 complete cycles per second. The calculated maximum rate of locomotion is 420 μm/s. The measured rate under test conditions is 250 μm/s. A turning-escape reaction in response to air bubbles and other factors results in a 180° turn in a confined space within 1.5 s. These data are discussed in relation to the morphological conservatism of mystacocarids, their presumed neotenic origin and their observed migration over a tidal cycle. It is proposed that all crawling interstitial animals will have developed specific mechanisms to increase frictional forces between their locomotory appendages and the surrounding substrate.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 11-22 
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure of the ocellus of Sarsia tubulosa is described. The ocellar cup is formed of pigment cells and receptor cells. The receptor cells outnumber the pigment cells in almost a 2:1 ratio. Lateral extensions of neighbouring pigment cells enclose a distal region of 2 to 10 receptor cells. The receptor cell body is 5–7 μm in diameter with an apical extension (20–60 μm long) that reaches the ocellar cavity. A cilium (9+2 microtubules) arises from the distal part of the receptor cell. The ciliary membrane forms lateral microvilli. The tips of a number of cilia are swollen into large vesicles forming a “cornea”. The central region of the ocellar cavity contains extracellular electron dense homogeneous material surrounded by swollen ciliary tips and small vesicles. The close apposition between the plasma membrane covering the distal part of adjacent receptor cells as well as the adjacent ciliary shafts suggests the presence of gap junctions. The basal part of each receptor cell forms an axon. The axons of receptor cells form 3 to 4 nerve bundles that join to form the optic nerve. Synapses occur between receptor cell bodies, between axons and receptor cell bodies and among axons.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 65-73 
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    Notes: Summary In Rhapidostreptus virgator exocrine gland complexes are found in the anal valves of both sexes. Every gland complex consists of about 200 secretory units, each of which is comprised of four cells: two secretory cells, an intermediary cell, and a canal cell. The amount of secretion produced by these glands varies during the intermoult cycle: it is very small in freshly moulted individuals (postmoult phase), at a medial level during the following intermoult phase, and very large in the premoult phase. The secretion may be used to form the excrement clumps and above all to build the moulting chamber.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 55-63 
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    Notes: Summary The skin vascularization was investigated troughout the ontogenetic development and in adults of two anurans, Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo, and two urodeles, Triturus vulgaris and Triturus cristatus. It was found that, contrary to the urodele larvae, the anuran tadpoles have a very sparse skin vascularization. During the early stages of anuran metamorphosis the skin capillary network becomes dense; later, during skin metamorphosis, a second, venous, network is formed as anastomoses between the subcutaneous vein ramifications. In the urodeles, metamorphosis is not accompanied by any significant morphological changes in the skin vascularization, and a subcutaneous network is not formed. It is suggested that the reduced skin vascularization in anuran tadpoles is an advanced larval character relative to the rich vascularization of the skin in urodele larvae. It is further suggested that anuran tadpoles have a reduced ability to utilize gaseous exchange through the skin. The function of the subcutaneous venous network found in anurans after metamorphosis is obscure; experiments indicate a vasomotor regulation which is neither adrenergic nor cholinergic.
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    Notes: Summary The larval morphology of the marine bryozoan Bowerbankia gracilis has been investigated by light and electron microscopy. The barrel-shaped larva (200 μm long and 150 μm in diameter) is light yellow without any apparent eyespots, although it is positively phototactic during its brief free-swimming existence. The primary morphological characteristics of the larva are: (1) a large corona that forms most of the larval surface, (2) a small apical disc without blastemas, (3) a deep pallial sinus lined by an extensive pallial epithelium, (4) an internal sac without regional specializations, and (5) a polypide rudiment in the oral hemisphere. This organization is characteristic of larvae of the ctenostome superfamily Vesicularioidea, and differs radically from the organization of all other bryozoan larvae examined. The major morphological differences occur in the size and organization of the apical disc, the pallial epithelium, and the internal sac. In most bryozoans, these regions of the larval epithelium represent rudiments of the polypide and the body wall epidermis of the ancestrula. The oral polypide rudiment, the extensive pallial epithelium, and the reduced internal sac in vesicularioid larvae indicate that their pattern of metamorphosis also differs radically from the metamorphoses of other bryozoans.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 75-87 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ein in Styrolmethacrylat eingebetteter Schwamm (Ephydatia fluviatilis L.) wurde mit der Laubsäge in Stücke zerlegt. Ein Teilstück wurde dann in Xylol vom Polymerisat befreit, im Critical Point Dryer getrocknet, mit Gold bedampft und schließlich rasterelektronenmikroskopisch betrachtet. Die erzielten Aufnahmen stellen das Zellengefüge des Schwammes von der Schnittfläche ausgehend dreidimensional dar.
    Notes: Summary A sponge (Ephydatia fluviatilis L.) embedded in styrol methacrylate was cut into pieces with a fretsaw. One piece was then soaked in xylene to remove the polymer, dried in the critical-point dryer, gold-coated and finally examined in the scanning electron microscope. The pictures obtained reveal the three dimensional arrangement of the cells in the sponge, through the openings in the cut surface.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 89-105 
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    Notes: Summary The organization of the female genital apparatus of the bdelloid rotifer Philodina roseola was analyzed by light and electron microscopy. It differs from that of the monogononts in several respects: the gonad is paired; in each gonad, the follicular layer completely surrounds the syncytial vitellarium and the cluster of ovocytes; the cytoplasmic bridges between the vitellarium and the immature ovocytes exist but are much narrower; a specialized junction (5–8 nm intercellular space) is established between the follicular layer and the whole area of the germo-vitellarium complex. Preliminary observations about the movements of organelles during ovogenesis were made at an ultrastructural level.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 143-156 
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    Notes: Summary An ultrastructural study of the tentacles of Themiste lageniformis (Sipuncula) was conducted as part of a larger study of head metamorphosis in the species. The oral surface of the tentacles is constructed of a multiciliated, pseudostratified, columnar epithelium while the aboral surface is an unciliated, cuboidal epithelium. Intraepidermal mucous cells lie near the junction of the oral and aboral regions. The basal portion of the epidermal cells is embedded in a thick, collagenous extracellular matrix which contains outer circular muscles, inner longitudinal muscles, the main tentacular nerve and its branches. Three tentacular canals are present and are lined by peritoneum. Hemerythrocytes and coelomocytes flow through the lumen of the canals in a regular pattern. Justification for the designation of the tentacular canals as coelomic rather than vascular is discussed.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 107-120 
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    Notes: Summary The coxal organs of different Geophilomorpha were studied by scanning and by transmission electron microscopy. 1) The coxae of the last trunk-segment contain pores in different arrangements and numbers. They are the openings of the coxal organs. 2) The coxal organs are formed by four different cell types: the main epithelium consists of radially arranged transporting cells, surrounded by junctional cells, gland cells, and the cells of the pore channel. 3) The cells of the transporting epithelium show an enlargement of the apical and basal surface. Deep and narrow extracellular channels of the apical infoldings are closely associated by mitochondria (plasmalemma-mitochondrial complexes). The epithelium is covered by a prominent cuticle with a spacious subcuticle. 4) A distinct mucous layer covers the cuticle of the transporting epithelia, and is secreted by the gland cells. 5) A small cellular sheath separates the epithelium of the coxal organ against the haemolymph. 6) The possible function of the coxal organs in ion and fluid transport is discussed.
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    Notes: Summary Each pigment-cup eye of Polycystis naegelii consists of two retinal clubs and a single pigmented cell. The latter is divided into two cavities by a septum. Under bright illumination the photoreceptor process appears as a disk containing membranous laminar whorls; under faint illumination the latter are replaced by numerous straight, closely packed, microvilli. This morphological variation is correlated with the intensity of the photoreceptor's exposure to light. The lenticular structures described by previous light microscopists have not been observed.
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    Zoomorphology 101 (1982), S. 151-164 
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    Notes: Summary The microstructure of the surface of thirteen marine littoral and two terrestrial isopods was investigated by scanning electron microscopy. A great diversity of surface ornamentation is present, including non-sensory microscales, pits, tubercles, and ridges, and sensory tricorns, pit organs, pores, papillae and setae. Microscales are common features of the integument surface; their shape and size are highly variable. Tricorns were not observed on the marine littoral isopods. Several hitherto undescribed structures were observed including spade-like projections from the tergite surface of Oniscus asellus, hair-like filaments associated with the microscales of Jaera and ridged conical protuberances on Edotea triloba and E. montosa. The possible function of certain surface microstructures is discussed.
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Zwei links und rechts im Vorderkörper von Cirrifera aculeata (Ax, 1951) (Proseriata) gelegene Zellen werden als mögliche Photoreceptoren angesprochen. In ein großes intracelluläres Lumen der linken Zelle ragen über 70 nur leicht modifizierte Cilien, daneben treten Mikrovilli und elektronendichte Granula auf. Die vermutlich lichtsensitiven Strukturen der rechten Zelle bilden dicht nebeneinander liegende röhrenartige Vakuolen, vergleichbar den Mikrovilli eines Rhabdoms. Die funktionellen und evolutiven Aspekte dieser beiden bisher unbekannten Zelltypen werden diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Two cells which lie at the left and at the right near the anterior end of Cirrifera aculeata (Ax, 1951) (Proseriata) are interpreted as presumed photoreceptors. In the left cell up to 70 slightly modified cilia extend into a large intracellular cavity. Besides these cilia microvilli and electron-dense granules are present. The presumed light sensitive structures of the right cell are formed by tubular vacuoles which are arranged without gaps, thus comparable to the microvilli of a rhabdom. The functional and evolutionary aspects of these two cell types are discussed.
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    Notes: Summary The settlement and metamorphosis of the marine bryozoan Bowerbankia gracilis has been examined by light and electron microscopy. The period of rapid morphogenesis consists of the following sequence of morphogenetic movements: 1) eversion of the internal sac, 2) retraction of the apical disc, 3) coronal involution and exposure of the pallial epithelium, and 4) closure of the internal coronal cavity. The eversion of the internal sac at the onset of metamorphosis coincides with a sudden reversal of the direction of beat of the coronal cilia. The reversed beating of the coronal cilia wafts the adhesive secreted by the internal sac over the metamorphosing larva, forming the pellicle. The internal sac is subsequently internalized and histolyzed with the corona and the other transitory larval tissues, and the extensive pallial epithelium forms the epidermis of the ancestrular body wall (cystid). Type I mesenchyme cells form an incomplete somatic mesothelium beneath the differentiating cystid epidermis, and Type II mesenchyme cells become mobile phagocytes. The main body cavity develops by the histolytic enlargement of the internal cavity formed during coronal involution. The apical disc degenerates and the polypide develops from rudiments in the oral hemisphere of the larva. The distinctive larval morphology and metamorphosis of vesicularioid ctenostomes are compared with other bryozoans, and possible evolutionary trends are considered.
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    Notes: Summary Ultrastructural study of the buccal tentacles of Holothuria forskali revealed that each tentacle bears numerous apical papillae. Each papilla consists of several differentiated sensory buds. The epidermis of the buds is composed of three cell types, i.e. mucus cells, ciliated cells, and glandular vesicular cells (GV cells). The GV cells have apical microvilli; they contain bundles of cross striated fibrillae associated with microtubules. Ciliated cells have a short non-motile cilium. Bud epidermal cells intimately contact an epineural nervous plate which is located slightly above the basement membrane of the epidermis. The epineural plate of each bud connects with the hyponeural nerve plexus of the tentacle. This nerve plexus consists of an axonic meshwork surrounded in places by sheath cells. The buccal tentacles have well-developed mesothelial muscles. Direct innervation of these muscles by the hyponeural nerve plexus was not seen. It is suggested that the buccal tentacles of H. forskali are sensory organs. They would recognize the organically richest areas of the sediment surface through the chemosensitive abilities of their apical buds. Tentacles presumably trap particles by wedging them between their buds and papillae.
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    Zoomorphology 101 (1982), S. 177-186 
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    Notes: Summary Only one non-ciliary proprioceptor is developed on the mandible of Thrips. It consists of two bipolar, multiterminal sense cells, the dendrites of which form a strand extended between the tentorium and the back mandibular margin. The dendritic terminals are embedded in an electron-dense, homogeneous matrix, which obviously represents the stimulus transmitting structure. The strand is stretched, if the mandible is moved forwards and upwards. In Thrips, the system of proprioceptors monitoring the mandibular movement is reduced extensively compared with other pterygote insects. This is linked up with the far-reaching reduction of the mobility of the mandible itself.
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    Zoomorphology 101 (1982), S. 187-195 
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    Notes: Summary The nephridia of Ophryotrocha puerilis are segmental organs. The nephrostome opens at the posterior margin of a setigerous segment into the coelomic cavity of this segment. The nephridial canal is made up of about 15 cells. These cells form an S-shaped tubule which extends into the following segment. The lumen of the nephridial canal ranges from 2 to 7 μm in diameter. The nephropore opens laterally on the ventral surface of the body wall. In cross sections, one, two, or three cells are seen forming the canal. The inner surfaces of the canal cells are of different appearances along the canal. Since no regular pattern of cell distribution was found along the canals of different nephridia it is assumed that changes in cell structure along the canal are due to functional states or properties rather than to anatomically fixed regional differences. The canal cells either show smooth contours or they form brush borders of microvilli or sponge-like inner surfaces with a system of vacuolar canals running through the cytoplasm. Most of the canal cells are filled with various kinds of vesicles. Usually two or three cells contain larger vesicles up to 2.5 μm in diameter with more or less electron-dense contents. Some of these vesicles resemble lysosomes. There are at least three bundles of cilia in each canal. In young specimens the number of cilia in one bundle is smaller (10–15) than in adult specimens (60–70). The nephridia do not show sex specific differences. The female nephridia do not function as genital ducts. As judged from the sizes of sperm and nephridia it appears to be possible that sperm are shed via male nephridia.
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    Notes: Summary Spermiogenesis of the architectonicid Philippia (Psilaxis) oxytropis was studied using transmission electron microscopy. Both spermatids and mature sperm of Philippia show features comparable to sperm/spermatids of euthyneuran gastropods (opisthobranchs, pulmonates) and not mesogastropods (with which the Architectonicidae are commonly grouped). These features include: (1) Accumulation of dense material on the outer membrane of anterior of the early spermatid nucleus — this material probably incorporated into the acrosome; (2) Structure of the unattached and attached spermatid acrosome (apical vesicle, acrosomal pedestal) accompanied by curved (transient) support structures; (3) Formation of the midpiece by individual mitochondrial wrapping around the axonemal complex, and the subsequent fusion and metamorphosis of the mitochondria to form the midpiece; (4) Presence of periodically banded coarse fibres surrounding the axonemal doublets and intra-axonemal rows of granules. A glycogen piece occurs posterior to the midpiece but is a feature observed in both euspermatozoa of mesogastropods (and neogastropods) and in sperm of some euthyneurans. Despite the lack of paracrystalline material or glycogen helices within the midpiece (both usually associated with sperm of euthyneurans), the features of spermiogenesis and sperm listed indicate that the Architectonicidae may be more appropriately referable to the Euthyneura than the Prosobranchia.
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    Zoomorphology 101 (1982), S. 215-226 
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    Notes: Summary The exopodal branches of the pleopods of Cyathura carinata have a thicker cuticle than the endopodites, but the hypodermis proved to be very thin and probably of respiratory function. The nuclei are found in ‘pilaster areas’ together with stabilizing elements (micro-tubuli attached to cuticular pegs), which are typical for hypodermal ‘tendon cells’ of other arthropods. Precipitation of Ag2S revealed that the cuticle of the exopod is more permeable to silver ions than the cuticle of the endopods. The endopodal epithelia have the features of typical osmoregulating tissues (apical folds, mitochondrial pumps, and basal invaginations of the plasma membrane) and reduce silver nitrate. The stabilizing ‘pilaster areas’ are composed of the same elements as in the exopods.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 31-52 
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    Notes: Summary The coronar growth of a cidaroid and an aulodont echinoid are investigated by means of tetracycline labelling. The results are compared with earlier investigations on a stirodont and on a camarodont echinoid in order to evaluate the general features of coronar growth. In all echinoids new coronar plates are added at the apical end of the corona throughout the life cycle. The plates are shifted towards the peristome and they grow peripherically. In cidaroids ambulacral (A-) plates are detached from the firm corona. They are transformed into scales covering the peristomial field. The interambulacral (IA-) plates, however, are partially reabsorbed at the peristomial margin. In this manner the oldest solitary interambulacral plates are lost. The subsequent plates are arranged in pairs. The cidaroids thus show interradial growth even at their peristomial margin. This is unique to echinoids. In non-cidaroids there is a perignathic girdle made up of paired ambulacral auricles with interambulacral ridges in between. In some species the ridge is a solitary element. Therefore interradial growth cannot occur in the peristomial margin. In other species the ridge consists of several elements, but it also grows as a whole. Slight resorption of calcite occurs in places at the peristomial margin. In other places, however, calcite is added onto the peristomial edge. In non-cidaroids, therefore, the widening of the peristome is achieved solely by means of lateral growth in the plates bordering the peristome. The shift of the coronar plates from apicad to orad in noncidaroids is a relative shift only. In all echinoids the coronar plates are arranged in meridional columns. All plates grow up to the peristome. Their growth rates are relatively uniform towards the adambulacral sutures (which run between A- and IA-columns). Their growth rates towards the perradius and the interradius respectively are high in younger plates which are positioned above the ambitus, and decrease rapidly in plates located below the ambitus. Near the peristome the interradiad and perradiad growth rates are always considerably lower than adradiad growth rates. Perradial and interradial growth serve to adjust the plates in size and shape to their respective position in the corona.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 101-119 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Ultrastruktur der Schalendrüsen von Microdalyellia fairchildi (Graff) wird dargestellt. Die Drüsen bestehen aus zwei Zelltypen, Drüsenzellen I und II genannt. Die erste Zellart bildet zwei Büschel langstieliger Zellen am proximalen Oovitellodukt. Auffällige Merkmale dieser Zellen sind: das umfangreich entwickelte rauhe E.R., das aus stark erweiterten Zisternen besteht und in zahlreiche blasen- oder sackartige Teilräume aufgegliedert ist, die granuläres Material enthalten; ferner der schlauchförmige Sekretionsfortsatz, der mit gedrängt liegenden Sekretionsvakuolen angefüllt ist und den Eindruck eines vielkammerigen Sekretspeichers macht, sowie Autolysosomen. Sekretsubstanz ist in den Vesikeln nicht dargestellt. Der kanalförmige Endteil des Fortsatzes besitzt peripher liegende Mikrotubuli und bildet im mündungsnahen Bereich eine septierte Kontaktzone mit den Epithelzellen des Oovitellodukts, in den er ventrolateral ausmündet. Die Drüsenzellen II liegen — ebenfalls in zwei Gruppen geordnet — weiter distal. Sie sind wesentlich kleiner, haben ein englumiges rauhes E.R. und membranumschlossene Sekretgrana mit dichtgranulärem Material. Vereinzelt wurden Autolysosomen beobachtet. Die Fortsätze der Zellen bilden einen rohrartigen Endabschnitt, der in der Feinstruktur dem der ersten Zellart entspricht. Sie münden ventrolateral in den Oovitellodukt. Die erste Drüsenzellart von Microdalyellia besitzt eine Reihe von Übereinstimmungen mit bestimmten Zellen der Mehlisschen Drüse parasitischer Plathelminthen, den sog. S2-Zellen der Trematoden. Diese Zelltypen sind wahrscheinlich homolog. Andererseits ergeben sich aus der Ultrastruktur der Drüsenzellen II und der einer weiteren Zellform der Mehlisschen Drüse, den S1-Zellen, keine sicheren Anzeichen für eine gemeinsame phylogenetische Herkunft.
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of the shell gland of Microdalyellia fairchildi (Graff) is described. The gland is composed of two types of secretion cells termed gland cell I and II. The first type consists of two bundles of large flasklike cells placed in opposite positions at the proximal ovovitelloduct. Distinguishing features of these cells are the amply developed rough E.R. with distended cisternae, forming several circular or elongate vesicles, which contain a granular substance, the long cell process with densely packed secretion vacuoles constituting a honeycomblike structure, and autolysosomes. No condensed material is seen in the vacuoles. The process terminates with a narrow channellike part lined by peripheral microtubules and forming septate desmosomal junctions with the epithelial cells of the ovovitelloduct, into which the cells open ventrolaterally. The second cell type is likewise arranged in two lateral clusters at a more distal part of the genital duct. The cells are essentially smaller and the rough E.R. has the usual appearance with flattened cisternae. The secretion bodies are surrounded by a membrane and contain a central core of dense granular material. Some autolysosomes are also present. The fine structure of the endpiece of the process passing through the ventrolateral epithelium of the ovovitelloduct is similar to that of the gland cell I. There are special similarities between the first cell type of Microdalyellia and certain Mehlis gland cells of parasitic flatworms termed S2 cells in Trematoda, indicating that these are homologous. On the other hand there are no such hints concerning the gland cell II and another cell type of the Mehlis gland called the S1 cell.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 225-245 
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    Notes: Summary The development of abdominal segments in Spirorbis moerchi (Polychaeta: Annelida) was studied by light and electron microscopy. Abdominal segments develop in strict succession from anterior to posterior. Segmentation is initiated in the mesoderm and is followed by segmentation of the ectoderm. The mesoderm of the abdominal segments arises entirely from pygidial residual mesoderm; inward migration of cells from the pygidial ectoderm to give rise to mesoderm does not occur. The primordial germ cells remain distinct from the residual mesoderm of the pygidial growth region. After several abdominal segments have developed, the primordial germ cells “migrate” posteriorly from the achaetous region, invade the abdominal segments, and give rise to the retroperitoneal gonads. Abdominal segment formation is discussed in terms of heteronomy, primordial germ cell origin, gonad formation, and development of the circulatory system.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 1-16 
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    Notes: Summary The cerebral and epidermal ocelli of the Müller's larva and the cerebral and tentacular eyes of the adult turbellarian Pseudoceros canadensis were studied by electron microscopy. The right cerebral ocellus of the larva consists of one cup-shaped pigmented cell and three sensory cells that bear microvilli. The left cerebral eye of the larva has the above named cells plus a sensory cell with many cilia. Evolutionary significance is attributed to the presence of both ciliary and microvillar photoreceptors in an eye of a flatworm. The one epidermal ocellus of the larva is composed of two cells: a cup-shaped pigmented one bearing flattened cilia, the presumed photoreceptors, and a cell above the cup that adds a few nonciliary lamellae to the stack of ciliary ones from the pigmented cell. The adult eyes contain only microvillar receptors; cilia were not observed.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 47-67 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung 1. Die Zellen des Ventralepithels bilden keine Mikrovilli, sondern ein schwammartiges Maschenwerk gefensterter Leisten und Falten, welches bei der Haftung des Tieres an der Unterlage und/oder bei der extrasomatischen Vorverdauung der Nahrung eine Rolle spielen dürfte. 2. Während der Zellteilungen treten typische Centriole an den Spindelpolen auf. 3. Die wachsenden Eizellen phagocytieren Fortsätze der Faserzellen, die als Trophocyten fungieren. 4. Unter den gleichen Bedingungen, die zur Eibildung führen, können sogen. S-Zellen auftreten. Einige ultrastrukturelle Befunde sprechen dafür, daß es sich um Spermien handelt.
    Notes: Summary 1. The cells of the ventral epithelium form no microvilli but a spongy meshwork of fenestrated ledges and folds which may play a rôle in the adhesion of the animal to the substratum and/or in the extrasomatic predigestion of the food. 2. During cell division typical centrioles occur at the spindle poles. 3. The growing egg cells phagocytize projections of the fiber cells which function as trophocytes. 4. Under the same conditions leading to egg formation so-called S-cells may occur. Some ultrastructural data suggest that they are sperm cells.
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    Notes: Summary The mesogastropod Pyrazus ebeninus, produces true spermatozoa (here termed euspermatozoa) and multi-flagellate, mobile cells (here termed paraspermatozoa). The mature paraspermatozoon consists of an elongateconical ‘head’ (6.5–8.5 μm in length), constructed of an electron-dense mosaic sheath surrounding a similarly dense, rod-shaped nuclear core (which runs almost the full length of the head). An acrosome-like structure forms the apex of the head. Five to eight axonemes are fixed to the posterior extremity of the nuclear core, each by means of an attachment complex (dense attachment rod, centriolar cap and centriole). A short (3–4 μm) ‘midpiece’ zone follows the head and consists of the multiple axonemes interspersed with very elongate mitochondria. A tuft of short (20 μm) tails (termed minor tails) emerges from the midpiece in addition to one very long tail (termed the major tail) ensheathed in dense granules which resemble glycogen granules. A single membrane surrounds head, midpiece and tails whilst the nuclear core retains the original double nuclear membrane. Developmentally, the multiple axonemes arise from one of a pair of wheel-shaped arrangements of centrioles and attach to posterior indentations in the nucleus prior to its transformation into the nuclear core. Dense vesicles, derived apparently from the endoplasmic reticulum, accumulate along and around the developing nuclear core and (in the presence of microtubules) condense into the mosaic head sheath. Cytoplasmic mitochondria elongate and collect at the posterior axis of the cell, where, together with the axonemes, they form the midpiece. Features not previously reported in other ultrastructural studies of paraspermatozoa include the acrosome-like structure of the head, the structure of the midpiece zone, the glycogen sheath of the major tail, the dense annular structure at the junction of the midpiece and major tail and the presence of microtubules in the final phase of head and midpiece maturation. Some features of the euspermatozoon are also described and the comparative ultrastructure of mature and developing paraspermatozoa and their possible functions in the Gastropoda, are reviewed.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 227-231 
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    Notes: Summary A previously undescribed receptor in the coxo-trochantinal region of the metathoracic leg of the cockroach Periplaneta americana was found to have central cell bodies. This cockroach stretch receptor is the second sensory receptor in insects reported to possess somata in the CNS and its remarkable similarity to a locust proprioceptor suggests it to be homologous.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 241-260 
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    Notes: Summary The structural organization of the ocelli of several diplopod species has been studied by means of electron microscopy. The results provide evidence that diplopodan ocelli are derived from typical mandibulate ommatidia, which consequently had been present in diplopod ancestors. The recent representatives of the two sister groups, Pselaphognatha and Chilognatha are characterized by two essentially different types of eye morphology: The eyes of the Pselaphognatha comprise a bilayered rhabdom (built up by 3+4 retinular cells), a few corneagenous cells, a corneal lens, and two vitreous bodies. The latter probably represent relics of a former crystalline cone. On the contrary, the ocelli of the Chilognatha consist of a multilayered rhabdom (built up by a large number of retinular cells), numerous corneagenous cells, and a corneal lens. The dioptric apparatus lacks a crystalline cone. Further structural elements, the distribution of which varies, are the covering cells and processes of hypodermal cells which contain screening pigments. Whereas the eye of the Pselaphognatha can be traced back to a single ommatidium, the ocellus of the Chilognatha can only be interpreted as a merging product of several associated ommatidia or as the result of multiplication and rearrangement of former ommatidial elements. This concept is substantiated by analogous phenomena which occur within other arthropod groups and thus serve as models for the phylogeny of the diplopodan eyes. The comparison of the morphology and the ecology of palaeozoic and recent diplopods demonstrates that the disintegration of former facetted eyes and the modification of ommatidia were induced by the adaptation to cryptic modes of life.
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    Zoomorphology 99 (1982), S. 103-115 
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    Notes: Summary In larvae of Diplosoma macdonaldi one sensory nerve extends along the dorsal midline of the tail and another extends along the ventral midline. Each nerve is composed of 50–70 naked axons lying in a groove in the base of the epidermis, and each projects to the visceral ganglion. The cell bodies of the caudal sensory neurons occur in pairs within the epidermis, and are situated along the courses of the nerves. A single cilium arises from an invagination in the soma of each neuron, passes through the inner cuticular layer of the tunic and enters a tail fin formed by the outer cuticular layer. We propose that these cells are mechanoreceptors. The caudal sensory system is similar in representative species of ten families of ascidians.
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    Zoomorphology 99 (1982), S. 131-144 
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    Notes: Summary Modified branchiostegal rays 1 through 3 support the proximal end of the paired hyoid barbels in the beardfish (Beryciformes: Polymixiidae). The polymixiid barbel is unusual in that it has an unique intrinsic muscular system. Using silver impregnation and electron microscopic techniques, unencapsulated, free nerve endings were located within the tendon of the third modified branchiostegal ray. Branchiostegal rays 1 and 2 do not have any free nerve endings associated with their tendons, however. It is suggested that the free nerve endings are proprioceptors acting as stretch-sensitive mechanoreceptors, and that branchiostegal ray 3 acts as part of a sensory apparatus for monitoring the positional state of the barbel. Branchiostegal rays 1 and 2 merely provide support for the barbel.
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    Notes: Summary The skeletal rods of the gill bars of Branchiostoma have been examined histochemically and electron microscopically. The rods are composed of 15-nm thick filaments which are interconnected by 10-nm thick and 15-nm long cross-linkages. The filaments appear to consist of structural proteins that are totally different from the proteins of the collagen fibrils. The cross-linkages between the filaments consist of acid mucopolysaccharides, and probably include chondroitin sulphate. The fine structure of blood vessels in the gill bars has been studied in uninjected specimens and in those intravascularly injected with either india ink or horseradish peroxidase. Blood vessels surrounded by basal laminae of delimiting epithelia or simply surrounded by connective tissue material are present in the gill bars. Very characteristic blood cells are normally found in these vessels. Furthermore, when either india ink or horseradish peroxidase is injected via the aorta and the endostylar vessel, irregular slitlike channels can be seen in the connective tissue. These channels are in open connection with the blood vessels and are thus a part of the vascular system.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 1-29 
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    Notes: Summary That the behavior of wood in service results from its “structure” is generally accepted by wood scientists. No doubt this acceptance is due to the broad interpretation of such a term. Structure can refer to the organization of elements on a macro scale, such as in a laminated beam, as well as to the arrangement of cellulose molecules in the crystalline region of an elementary fibril. This presentation focuses on a structural domain that appears increasingly to be a critical one in wood behavior-ultrastructure. The spectrum of terminology that has been used in profusion during the “electron microscopic era” must first be defined so that confusion is minimized. Then a historical evolution of the field of wood ultrastructure can be presented to provide perspective. Structures that have been shown to affect or indeed to control certain processes can be identified. The role of a “non-structure”, the elusive transient capillary, can be illustrated. Microfibrillar organization and cell wall archictecture fall into the realm of ultrastructure as well. The past decade of research in wood science has been productive to a significant extent because of scanning electron microscopy and its accessory tools and techniques. The exploration of wood penetration by wood preservatives, pulping liquors and coatings using this approach has yielded much new evidence. One can speculate about the anticipated contributions of computer-driven SEM, stereology, STEM, and even higher resolution microscopy in the near future.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 171-177 
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    Notes: Summary Problems associated with handling non-steady liquid flow data are discussed. It is shown that the Darcian flow model is fundamentally imprecise when applied to non-steady state flow in wood due to: 1) the observed decrease in permeability with increased specimen length 2) the wide range of diameters encountered in wood pores. Because of this wide range of pore sizes, liquid penetrates some flow paths more rapidly than others. This may give rise to the occurrence of surface forces resisting penetration, with both “wetting” and “non-wetting” liquids. It seems unlikely that these various factors can be accurately quantified. Hence the precise prediction of liquid penetration rate from steady state permeability data may be illusory.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 189-199 
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    Notes: Summary To predict the capillary transport of free liquid during the drying of softwood, it is essential to have knowledge of capillary pressure as a function of moisture content. The dependence of the capillary pressure on the wood's moisture content is predicted with a mechanistic model and measured for isothermal moisture movement in the tangetial direction. The experimental measurements confirm the model which is formulated on the postulate that the menisci that form between the liquid and gas in the tracheid lumens control the magnitude of the capillary pressure. Lumen size variation within an annual growh ring was found to significantly affect the local capillary pressure and indicated that separate flow paths are likely to exist in earlywood and latewood.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 201-209 
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    Notes: Summary A model for the build up of residual growth stresses in cylindrical tree stems is presented. By using Bessel functions the general equations can be solved to allow for surface strain distributions that vary both in the circumferential as well as longitudinal directions. An arbitrary surface strain distribution can be decomposed into Fourier components and the residual internal stresses can be found by superimposing the component solutions due to each new increment of growth. A numerical simulation leading to the residual stress distribution for a typical hardwood is presented.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 211-225 
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    Notes: Summary Information is presented on the magnitude of errors associated with various sampling simulation schemes of the distribution of three different populations, representing actual bending strength of dimension lumber. Errors were determined between the simulated and actual distributions. Graphical evaluations indicated good fits with the three-parameter form of the weibull distribution for both original and simulated bending strength data, as well as with the resulting error terms. Error terms, based on the simulated versus actual distributions, were generated for the lower 5% exclusion limit, for the 50% exclusion limit and for the entire distribution curve. Simulations were carried out with the aid of Monte Carlo techniques using distribution functions fitted to actual test data for dimension lumber. The errors are expressed as functions of confidence levels. The comparison of the erro obtained through the various sampling schemes could provide some initial directions to choose an economical sampling plan for the presently ongoing in-grade lumber testing program.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 251-263 
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    Notes: Summary Paintings on 150 wooden panels accepted and not accepted as authentic Rembrandts were investigated using wood-anatomical and dendrochronological techniques. Paintings on 131 panels came from oaks in the coastal area of the Netherlands and 1 panel came from an oak in the interior. The wood of the remaining 18 panels was from beech, poplar and walnut, presumably from the Netherlands, and from cedrela, mahogany and jequitiba imported from Central and South America. In several cases wood of different panels was from the same trunk. By determining the felling date of a tree, a “terminus post quem” could be set for the production of the panel and the completion of the painting, respectively. The art-historical dating of most paintings could be dendrochronologically confirmed. In some cases the attribution was corrected by a few years. In one case an older panel was re-used.
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    Notes: Summary Structural factors in a Pinus densiflora tree grown under the influence of strong wind were measured. No $$\overline {DP} $$ difference for cellulose molecules was noticed between compression and opposite wood, but the $$\overline {DP} $$ was somewhat lower in the region where the compression wood was concentrated. The degree of crystallinity of cellulose was 45–50% in compression wood, about 50% in normal wood, and 50–60% in opposite wood. The crystallinity decreased with increasing height above the ground. The maximum point of crystallographic b-axis (fiber axis) orientation distribution for cellulose crystallites in compression wood was located at ϕ≅30°, in normal wood at ϕ≅25° and in opposite wood at ϕ≅0°. The cellulose crystallite dimension in the transverse direction was 3.2 nm, corresponding to four cellulose unit cells, a value that was almost constant throughout the wood. In the longitudinal direction, there were large differences in cellulose crystallite dimensions between compression and opposite woods. In compression wood the cellulose crystallite dimensions was 12 nm corresponding to 11–12 cellulose unit cells. In opposite wood it was 17–32.5 nm corresponding to 17–32 cellulose unit cells. These structural factors were apparently affected by the environmental conditions, and the mechanical properties of the wood were influenced by these factors. Opposite wood had longer crystallites, a higher degree of crystallinity and a better orientation distribution of cellulose crystallites in the longitudinal direction. Compression wood, on the other hand, had shorter crystallites, a lower degree of crystallinity and a large angle between the stem and the direction of the crystallites.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 301-310 
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    Notes: Summary Wood poles have been traditionally tested by “sounding” — striking with a hammer and making a subjective assessment on the basis of the sound emitted. Various other acoustic methods have been developed and employed for this function but none has been accepted on any regular basis as being successful. The propagation of acoustic waves in poles is examined here, and measurements are made using a pulse echo technique of the two acoustic parameters, velocity and damping, on a selection of poles some of which contain decay and rot. The results suggest that measurement of the acoustic damping of longitudinal compression waves may be useful in detecting the presence of decay and rot within a pole.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 317-320 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 19-34 
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    Notes: Summary The exposure of wood treated with a commercial fire retardant chemical to fire conditions resulted in different patterns of char and fissure development than are seen in untreated whole wood. In addition microstructural observations demonstrated the existence of particulate fire retardant residues in char from treated wood. The source and mode of growth of these particles is considered as well as effects of fire retardants on crack growth, char development and overall appearance of chars from treated wood.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 59-66 
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    Notes: Summary Tar and charcoal could be produced in high yields from bagasse by applying a rapid continuous pyrolysis process at a relatively low temperature. The ether extractives of the pyrolytic tar and oil amounted to 9.4% based on bagasse. Phenols represented 79% of these extractives. Gas chromatographic separation showed that guaiacol and its derivatives constituted 38% of the identified simple phenols. There were much smaller amounts of syringol and none at high pyrolysis temperatures. Depithing did not reduce the ash content of the charcoal, but it yielded an environmentally clean charcoal containing practically no sulfur or nitrogen. It was necessary to remove the fine particle size fraction of the bagasse after grinding in order to reduce the ash content of the charcoal. The carbon content of the charcoal increased rapidly with increasing temperature, and reached 96% at 720°C. The charcoal had a remarkably high adsorption capacity despite the fact that it had not been subjected to any activation treatment.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 81-82 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 155-164 
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    Notes: Summary The alkaline delignification of spruce and beech wood is accomplished in three phases. The first phase results in a decrease of yield down to 83...80%, the second one in a decrease from 83...80% to 64...61% and the third one in a yeld drop from 64...61% to 50...46%. The amount of polysaccharides removed in the first phase was 22%, in the second phase 5...6% and in the third phase 10% of the total polysaccharides in the original wood. The amount of lignin removed in the first phase of delignification was 9...11% in the second phase 53...54% and in the third phase 28% of the total lignin in the original wood. The polysaccharides extracted in the second and third phase amounted to 70...78% of the polysaccharides removed in the first delignification phase. For an entire characterization of the delignification reaction not only the course of lignin removal is of importance but also the course of the polysaccharide extraction. The results show that for a two-stage alkali-oxygen-cooking technology the optimum yield after initial partial alkaline delignification lies in the range of 64...61%.
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    Notes: Summary Delignification studies on 0.5 μm sections of Douglas-fir earlywood tracheids pulped by soda, soda-anthraquinone (soda/AQ) and kraft pulping processes were performed by determining bromine concentrations in various morphological regions with SEM-EDXA technique. Soda/AQ pulping was much more selective in removing lignin from the middle lamella regions than either soda or kraft pulping. However, up to 50% delignification, more lignin was removed from the secondary wall by soda or kraft, compared to soda/AQ pulping. The kinetics of lignin removal in the various morphological regions were established. Addition of AQ and sodium sulfide resulted in an earlier transition from a slow initial to a rapid bulk delignification, particularly in the middle lamella, and in an enhanced bulk delignification in the secondary wall. Anthraquinone was also found to promote residual delignification in the secondary wall, where sodium sulfide was not effective. The opposite was observed for the bulk delignification in the middle lamella, where only sodium sulfide addition improved the rate significantly. The great differences observed in the bulk delignification rates between middle lamella and secondary wall in soda pulping as well as their response to additives suggest structural differences between middle lamella and secondary wall lignins.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 167-179 
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    Notes: Summary The lignification process in different morphological regions of loblolly pine tracheids was studied by the SEM-EDXA technique. Prior to S2 layer formation, lignification was initiated in the cell corner middle lamella and compound middle lamella regions. Subsequently a rapid lignin deposition was observed in both regions, whereas secondary wall lignification was a more gradual process and initiated when the middle lamella lignin concentration was approximately 50% of maximum. Within the secondary wall, the S1 layer is lignified first. Then, lagging just behind cell wall formation, lignification of the S2 layer is initiated adjacent to the S1 layer and extends toward the lumen. Finally, the S3 layer lignified. Upon completion of lignification, the cell walls had a higher concentration of lignin in both the S1 and S3 layers than in the S2 layer.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 193-201 
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    Notes: Summary Photodegradation of wood surfaces in the presence of oxygen was studied. ESR studies revealed that free radicals were formed at the wood surface during photoirradiation. These wood free radicals readily interacted with oxygen molecules to form peroxide radicals. Iodometry UV absorption studies showed that hydroperoxide was formed in the photoirradiated wood. The hydroperoxide concentration increased when wood was irradiated in the presence of singlet oxygen generators such as Rose Bengal and Methylene Blue. Hydroperoxide concentration decreased when wood was irradiated in the presence of singlet oxygen quenchers such as 1,4-diazobicyclo (2,2,2) octane, β-carotene and triethylamine. These findings imply the participation of singlet oxygen in the photodegradation of wood surfaces. The mechanisms of formation of singlet oxygen and hydroperoxide during photoirradiation are proposed. The consequence of hydroperoxide decomposition reactions on the discoloration and degradation of wood surface is discussed.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 215-222 
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    Notes: Summary This paper concerns the elaboration of a method for the determination of elastic constants of orthotropic bodies with particular application to wood. It is based on the finite element calculation (displacement pattern) of thin plate samples and on the experimental measurement of the deflections at particular points under a simply imposed load.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 239-240 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 71-78 
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    Notes: Summary The reaction of enzymatically generated superoxide radical with coniferyl alcohol in aqueous solution at pH 8.0 was studied. In the absence of calcium (II) no reaction occurred, but with a calcium (II) concentration of about 50 mM or more, coniferyl alcohol was oxidized by the superoxide radical. Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol and pinoresinol were identified in the reaction mixture. From this result it is concluded that in the presence of calcium (II) the superoxide radical can achieve a one electron oxidation of coniferyl alcohol. It is suggested that a superoxide-generating enzyme outside the cell wall is responsible for the lignification. This suggestion is based on knowledge of the pore structure of wood cell walls, the high calcium concentration in non-lignified cells, the course of lignification and the existence of superoxide-producing enzyme systems in plant cell walls.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 79-80 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 83-122 
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    Notes: Summary A review of the chemistry and topochemistry of compression wood with 200 references. Compression wood contains on the average 30% cellulose, 35–40% lignin, 10% galactan, 9% galactoglucomannan, 8% xylan, and 2% of a 1,3-glucan (laricinan). The cellulose is less crystalline, and the xylan has fewer arabinose side chains than in normal wood. The lignin is composed of guaiacylpropane and p-hydroxyphenylpropane units. It is more condensed, has a higher proportion of carbon-carbon bonds, and contains fewer arylglycerol-β-aryl ether structures than a normal conifer lignin. The ray cells and the primary wall of the tracheids have the same chemical composition in normal and compression woods. The galactan is largely located in the outer region of the secondary wall. Only 5–10% of the lignin in compression wood tracheids is extracellular. The middle lamella is less lignified than in normal wood, while the S1 and inner S2 layers have a lignin concentration of 30–40% which is twice as high as in normal wood. The lignin content of the S2 (L) layer is equal to or higher than that of the intercellular region along the wall. The review is concluded with a brief reference to areas where present information is incomplete or lacking.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 123-138 
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    Notes: Summary A model for the isothermal transport of bound water through the cell wall of wood is developed, based on the assumption that the driving force for moisture movement is the gradient of “spreading” pressure ϕ, as first proposed by Babbitt (1950). This pressure is a surface phenomenon, derivable from the surface sorption theory of Dent (1977), a modification of the BET sorption theory. The force resisting moisture transport is assumed to be inversely proportional to moisture content and directly proportional to the equivalent viscosity of the sorbed water, calculated to be orders of magnitude larger than that of free water. The coefficients normally used to describe isothermal moisture transport in wood are derived from the model, and their predicted behavior as functions of the relative vapor pressure h of the cell wall are described graphically. An attempt is made to calculate a quantitative magnitude for the diffusion coefficient D, based on an assumed relationship between viscosity and the activation energy for water diffusion.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 165-165 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 166-166 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 287-291 
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    Notes: Summary To elucidate biochemical features leading to p-hydroxyphenyl-rich lignin in gymnosperm reaction wood the activities of the following five enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of p-hydroxyphenyl lignin were compared in reaction and opposite woods: phenylalanine ammonialyase (EC 4.3.1.5), cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.13.11), p-hydroxycinnamate: CoA ligase (EC 6.2.1.12), cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.-) and peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7). The enzyme activities in the reaction woods of Thuja orientalis and Metasequoia glyptostroboides were remarkably higher than those in the opposite woods, reflecting the higher contents of p-hydroxyphenyl lignin in reaction wood.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 293-303 
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    Notes: Summary The purpose of this paper was to clarify the gluability and adhesion mechanism of polypropylene as a hot melt wood adhesive for plywood bonding. The gluability of plywood glued with nonpolar and modified polypropylene satisfied approximately the specification of the Japan Agricultural Standard, Designation Types 1 and 2. The moisture content (8 to 25 %) of the core veneer had no recognizable effect on gluability. The durability of polypropylene and that of modified polypropylene were the same as that of melamine-formaldehyde resin. Molten polypropylene made good contact with veneer surface, and penetrated into the lumina of wood cells and other spaces. In the separated glue lines, casts of glue which had penetrated into the vessels had many mushroom-like projections which had filled the bordered pit cavities. It was indicated that the anchoring effect of polypropylene which had penetrated into various wood elements and spaces in the veneer contributed dominantly to the gluability.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 305-316 
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    Notes: Summary The anatomy of periderms in three North American conifers are described and compared. The phellems of balsam fir and eastern hemlock consist of tangential bands of thin-walled phellem (TnP) separated by one, or sometimes more, cell layers of thick-walled phellem (TkP). The phellem of white spruce contains tangential bands of TnP and TkP, as well as one to several cell layers of crystalliferous phellem (CP) abaxially adjacent to every TkP zone. The TkP, and to a lesser extent the TnP, are distinctive for each of the three conifers. The terminations of phellem growth cycles in fir and hemlock are delineated by thickened adaxial suberinic walls in the last-formed layer of TnP cells. In spruce, the adaxial suberinic walls of the last-formed layer of CP cells are thickened. TkP marks the geginning of phellem growth cycles in all three conifers. TkP cells are “true” suberized phellem cells, not phelloids.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 286-286 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 292-292 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 304-304 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 317-320 
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 133-193 
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    Notes: Summary The simple pharynges in thirteen species of Turbellaria in the orders Macrostomida, Haplopharyngida, Catenulida, and Acoela have been studied by electron microscopy. After consideration of the functional aspects of the pharynx simplex, the relationship of the pharynx simplex ultrastructure to the phylogeny of the above mentioned groups is analyzed. The Haplopharyngida and Macrostomida are united as a group by the following characters: a pharynx transition zone of 1–5 circles of insunk cells with modified ciliary rootlets or no cilia, pharynx sensory cells without stereocilia collars and with a variable number of cilia, a prominent nerve ring with more than 30 axons circling the pharynx at the level of the beginning of the pharynx proper distal to the gland ring, 2 or more gland cell types in the pharynx, with at least two layers of muscle present and the longitudinal muscles derived from regular and special body wall circular muscles and a prominent post-oral nerve commissure. This specific arrangement can be distinguished from the other pharynx simplex types and is called the pharynx simplex coronatus. The catenulid pharynx simplex is characterized by the lack of a prominent nerve ring, no prominent post-oral commissure, a transition zone with epidermal type ciliary rootlets, recessed monociliated sensory cells, and one or no type of pharynx gland cell. The Acoela are specialized because of the epidermal type rootlets in the pharynx proper. They also lack a transition zone and a prominent nerve ring and have monociliated sensory cells different from the catenulid type. Ultrastructural characters of the pharynx simplex support the view that the Haplopharyngida-Macrostomida are monophyletic. The more primitive catenulid pharynx probably arose from a common ancestral pool with the Haplopharyngida and Macrostomida, although it does not appear possible presently to establish a clear monophyletic line for these forms. The various pharynx types within the Acoela appear to indicate independent origins with no clear link to the basic pharynx simplex type in the three other orders.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 285-295 
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    Notes: Summary The surface anatomy and the structures lining the pharynx of Halicryptus spinulosus were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The structures were compared and contrasted with those reported for other priapulids, particularly those features previously studied with SEM. Buccal papillae and pharyngeal teeth of two types were described. Surface structures observed with SEM were: scalids, abdominal setae, anal papillae, posterior warts and ring papillae. The latter three structures are unique among described priapulids. The anal papillae are composed of several rounded, perhaps pedunculate, structures; the posterior warts are composed of mitriform structures in close association with columnar structures. Both are located in separate depressions in the posterior integument. The ring papillae occur on the annuli close to the posterior end. Halicryptus spinulosus was previously thought to lack these structures.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 297-308 
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of the blood vessels in the caudal region of Branchiostoma is described in specimens injected with indian ink. None of the vessels have endothelial cells delimiting the luminal surface. The vessels are delimited either by dense connective tissue or by the characteristic basement lamella underneath the basal lamina of the myocoelic epithelium. It is proposed that the main blood flow in the caudal region follows different pathways depending on the activity of the animal. During swimming the muscle activity of the caudal muscles may have the effect that more blood flows from the aorta to the myoseptal plexi and is drained to the caudal vessel. In the resting animal it is possible that the blood flow through the myosepta is insignificant, and that the caudal blood flow is more or less restricted to the direct connections between the aorta and the caudal vessel: the dorsoventral anastomosis and the segmental connecting vessels.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 35-45 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Kragengeißelkammern von Ephydatia fluviatilis entstehen frei im Mesenchym. An den Entstehungsorten trifft man auf Anhäufungen rundlicher Zellen, die allem Anschein nach von Archäocyten stammen, jedoch kleiner sind als diese und einen nukleoluslosen Kern besitzen. Hierbei handelt es sich um Choanoblasten, die zunächst eine Geißel, später den Kragen ausbilden und sich als Choanocyten zu Kragengeißelkammern zusammenfügen. Die im Mesenchym vorläufig fertiggestellten Kragengeißelkammern gelangen an das Endopinacocytenepithel des ausführenden Kanalysystems. Daraufhin bilden sich die tangierten Choanocyten zu Konuszellen um. Das Endopinacocytenepithel antwortet seinerseits mit der Ausbildung einer Poruszelle pro Kragengeißelkammer. Die Porocyten gehen mittels der konfrontierten Konuszellen dauerhafte Verbindungen mit den zugehörigen, nunmehr funktionstüchtigen Kragengeißelkammern ein.
    Notes: Summary The flagellated chambers of Ephydatia fluviatilis arise at scattered sites within the mesenchyme. Each such site is marked by an accumulation of rounded cells, which appear to be derived from archaeocytes in most respects except that they are smaller than the latter and have no nucleoli in the nucleus. These are choanoblasts, which first develop a flagellum and later a collar; eventually, as choanocytes, they become arranged so as to form a flagellated chamber. Having reached this preliminary stage of completion in the mesenchyme, the flagellated chambers migrate to the endopinacocyte epithelium of the excurrent canal system. Then the choanocytes at the contact point are converted to cone cells. The endopinacocyte epithelium in turn responds by developing one pore cell for each flagellated chamber. The porocytes become permanently joined to the chamber by way of the adjacent cone cells, and from this time on the flagellated chamber is functional.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 89-99 
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    Notes: Summary Observations on two species of sponges, Tethya seychellensis from the Red Sea, and T. aurantium from the Mediterranean Sea revealed that young colonies are able to detach from their sites of settlement and by means of filamentous podia, to move to other sites in the vicinity. These podia are 10–16 mm long extensions of the sponge body wall that bear an adhesive knob on their distal ends. After being attached, the contracting ‘podia’ pull the spherical colonies of 2.0–3.0 cm in diameter, transporting them to a new site. EM observations showed that in the podia the matrix is rich in contractile myocytes, primary archaeocytes, nucleated archaeocytes and scleroblastic cells, each of which takes part in the moving ability of the podium. It was also shown that some of the archaeocytes go over a process of ripening within the podium and produce collagenic filaments deposited in the internal matrix.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 185-190 
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    Notes: Summary The position of the oocyte nucleus within the ooplasm is fixed during the mid and late stages of house fly oogenesis. The germinal vesicle is located near the border of the nurse chamber, towards the periphery of the oocyte. The position of the anlage of the chorion raphe is strictly related to the germinal vesicle. As the raphe corresponds to the dorsal side of the later embryo, both the position of the oocyte nucleus and the raphe anlage in the follicular epithelium are early indicators of the dorsoventral axis of the house fly egg cell. In cross sections of the ovary the follicles are arranged in several concentric circles. The dorsal sides of all follicles within the ovary are oriented to an imaginary center. This center of orientation lies eccentrically near the medial part of the female abdomen. The resulting symmetrical pattern can be observed throughout the course of oogenesis. This implies that only a few follicles have the same dorsoventral orientation as the mother fly, and therefore this arrangement is contradictory to the imprinting hypotheses of body axis formation as well as to a possible inductive role of gravity.
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    Zoomorphology 98 (1981), S. 209-225 
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    Notes: Summary Histological and ultrastructural observations of the digestive tract of eight-armed plutei of Dendraster excentricus are reported. The esophagus is divided into two regions. The uppermost is a narrow tube comprised of ciliated cells that assist in transporting food to the more bulbous lower esophagus where food particles are formed into a bolus prior to entering the stomach. The esophagus is surrounded by a network of smooth muscle fibers that are predominantly oriented circumferentially in the upper esophagus, and longitudinally in the lower esophagus. The musculature of the upper esophagus produces peristaltic contractions, whereas contractions of the muscle of the lower esophagus open the cardiac sphincter and force food from the lower esophagus into the stomach. Axons are associated with the ciliated cells and the muscles of the upper esophagus. The cardiac sphincter consists of a ring of myoepithelium, with cross-striated myofibrils oriented around the bases of the cells. The gastric epithelium is comprised of two cell types. Type I cells, which predominate, absorb and store nutrients, and may be the source of secreted digestive enzymes. Type II cells apparently phagocytize and intracellularly digest whole algal cells. The intestine is comprised of relatively unspecialized cells and probably functions primarily as a conductive tube for the elimination of undigested materials.
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    Notes: Summary The integument of Oncopeltus fasciatus is made up of a vacuolated and a pigmented epidermal cell layer. This double layered integument is present from late embryo to adult in male and female animals reared on milkweed or sunflower seeds. Experiments with a labelled glycoside as well as retrograde ink injections suggest that O. fasciatus concentrates cardiac glycosides, normally derived from the host plants, within the vacuolated epidermal cell layer throughout its life cycle. In the adult, droplets of glycoside-rich fluid appear at precise points along the dorsolateral margins when external pressure is applied to the thorax and abdomen. This pressure causes separation of cuticular flanges in the metathoracic epimeral lobe and rupture of the cuticle in restricted areas in the mesothorax and abdomen. In addition the pigmented epidermal cell layer and the distal membranes of the vacuolated epidermal cell layer rupture with the result that the contents of the vacuolated cell layer are eliminated onto the surface of the animal where they are retained as discrete droplets by the cuticular morphology. Release of cardiac glycosides into the haemolymph is prevented by a thick basal lamina on the haemolymph side of the vacuolated epidermal cells. No specialized muscles involved with fluid release were observed. The vacuolated epidermal cells do not show ultrastructural features characteristic of actively transporting tissues, i.e., abundant mitochondria and elaborate membrane infoldings. This suggests that glycoside sequestration is essentially a passive process and should not be associated with any physiological cost. Large concentration gradients of cardiac glycosides are maintained across the basal lamina, basal plasma and vacuolar membranes of the vacuolated epidermal cell layer. Possible mechanisms by which O. fasciatus is able to concentrate cardiac glycosides as well as the possible function of this phenomenon are discussed.
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    Notes: Summary In the buccal ganglia of Helix pomatia synapses and sites of possible release of neurosecretory material were investigated electron microscopically. There is one chemical synapse and one electrotonic synapse in the neuropile of the ganglion. No synapses could be detected in the buccal nerves, cerebro-buccal connectives, or in the buccal commissure. The synaptic cleft of the chemical synapse is about 25 nm wide and contains electron-dense material whereas the cleft of the electrotonic synapse is only 5 nm wide. The presynaptic fibre of the chemical synapse contains clear vesicles and dense core vesicles. The release sites of neurosecretory material are found at the initial segment of the axons, at perikarya of neurones, and at the perineurium of the ganglion. If the terminals are located at the plasmalemma of a nerve cell, these release sites are called synapse-like structures according to Roubos and Moorer-van Delft (1979). The synapse-like structures show all structural elements of synapses, except the 25 nm cleft containing dense material; the cleft is only 15–20 nm wide here like the normal cleft between neurones and glial cells or between two fibres. If the secretory material is released at the periphery through the perineurium the terminal is called synaptoid according to Scharrer (1970). In all cases, i.e. synapses, synapse-like structures, and synaptoids, clear vesicles were found in the axon terminal. This finding provides further evidence that clear vesicles always accompany the release of substances from axon endings.
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    Zoomorphology 99 (1982), S. 235-244 
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    Notes: Summary A closing apparatus of the Dufour gland is described in the formicine ant Formica sanguinea Latreille 1798. Four sets of muscles are involved, two of which directly attach to the slit-like duct. The latter shows a considerable cuticular thickening of its intima at this level. Ultrastructural observations reveal that the muscles are attached to a cuticula by means of intracellular microtubules in the duct cells. These microtubules run parallel to the myofilaments. Together with the increased contact area for muscular attachments they are believed to ensure the accurate muscular mechanism assuring a well-controlled spraying activity of this gland. Opening of the duct is probably achieved by active muscular contractions, while its closure may be achieved by a passive return to the rest position of the thickened cuticular intima.
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    Notes: Summary Spermatogenesis was studied at the ultrastructural level in Polydora ligni, P. websteri, P. socialis and Streblospio benedicti. Spermatogonia, spermatocytes, spermatids and mature sperm are described. In all four species, meiosis occurs in the coelom following release of spermatogonia from the gonad. In Polydora spp., chromatin condensation is lamellar with no microtubules present during nuclear elongation. In S. benedicti, chromatin condensation is fibrous with a manchette of microtubules present around the nucleus. In all four species, the acrosome forms from a Golgi-derived vesicle situated at the base of spermatids. The acrosome in Polydora spp. is conical with a distinctive substructure whereas the S. benedicti acrosome is long and spiral. The implantation fossa is short in all species except P. ligni. All four species have elongated sperm heads. The middlepiece as well as the nucleus is elongated in Polydora spp. whereas S. benedicti has a long nucleus but a short middlepiece. Platelet-shaped electron-dense bodies are present throughout the nuclear region and middlepiece of Polydora spp. and the nuclear region of S. benedicti. These membrane-bounded bodies may be energy storage organelles. The use of ultrastructural data in analysis of sibling species complexes is discussed.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 75-87 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ototyphlonemertes pallida (Keferstein, 1862) hat zwei Statocysten, die unmittelbar hinter den Dorsalganglien auf den verlängerten Ventralganglien liegen. Jede Statocyste besteht aus einer Statolithenkammerzelle, mehreren Nervenzellen und einer Anzahl Hüllzellen und ist von einer dicken Basalmembran umgeben. Die Statolithenkammerzelle umschließt in der Regel drei Statolithenkammern, die von einer doppelten Membran umgeben sind und untereinander in Verbindung stehen. Sie enthalten je einen frei beweglichen Statolithen. Cilien und Ciliarstrukturen fehlen. Auf der Dorsalseite der Statocyste liegen mehrere stark verästelte Nervenzellen, die einen gemeinsamen Strang bilden. In der Nähe der Statolithenkammerzelle spalten sie sich auf und bilden pro Kammer eine oder mehrere synaptische Platten mit elektrischen Synapsen. Die Statolithenkammerzelle wird von zahlreichen Hüllzellen umgeben, die durch Desmosomen fest verbunden und zusätzlich in der ventralen Hälfte der Statocyste an den Außenseiten stark miteinander verzahnt sind. Die Hüllzellen unterscheiden sich im Aufbau deutlich von den beiden anderen Zelltypen und sind nicht an der Reizperzeption oder Reizleitung beteiligt. Zu den cilienlosen Statocysten bei Coelenteraten, Turbellarien, Holothurien, Xenoturbella und Tunicaten-Larven bestehen keine engeren morphologischen Beziehungen. Die Statocyste von O. pallida stellt eine Bildung sui generis innerhalb der Nemertinen dar.
    Notes: Summary Ototyphlonemertes pallida (Keferstein, 1862) has two statocysts, which are situated just behind the dorsal ganglions on the elongations of the ventral ganglions. Each statocyst consists of one statolith chamber cell, some nerve cells and a number of covering cells and is surrounded by a thick basement membrane. Usually the statolith chamber cell encloses three statolith chambers, which are intercommunicated and surrounded by a double membrane. Each chamber contains a single mobile statolith. Cilia and ciliary structures are lacking. Within the dorsal part of the statocyst some very ramified nerve cells are situated, which form a nerve fibre. In the vicinity of the statolith chamber cell the nerve cells split up into synaptical plates with electric synapses; there are one or several synaptical plates at the level of each chamber. The statolith chamber cell is surrounded by numerous covering cells, which are connected by desmosomes and additionally linked together at the outside in the ventral part of the statocyst. With regard to their structure the covering cells differ greatly from the other cell types, and they do not participate in impulse perception and impulse conduction. There do not exist any closer morphological relations to the statocysts lacking cilia in Coelenterates, Turbellaria, Holothuria, Xenoturbella and Tunicata. The statocyst of O. pallida represents an indigenous structure within the Nemerteans.
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    Notes: Summary The pericardium in Lepidopleurus asellus (Spengler), Tonicella marmorea (Fabricius), T. rubra L., Ischnochiton albus L., and Calleochiton laevis (Montagu), species taxonomically far apart, is described. It consists of a flat, simple epithelium facing the pericardial cavity, a basement membrane, a muscle layer with two types of muscle fibres, nerve processes, glio-interstitial cells, and fibrocytes, embedded in a loose collagen matrix. The epithelium in L. asellus and I. albus have convoluted lateral cell borders, and in L. asellus very long basal cell processes are seen. Type 1 muscle fibres resemble smooth molluscan muscle. Type 2 muscle fibres resemble cardiac muscle fibres in chitons. Nerve processes associated with glio-interstitial cells and cell processes, run free in the matrix. Synapses in type 1 fibres are covered with glio-interstitial cell processes, lacking in type 2 muscle fibres synapses.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 247-261 
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    Notes: Summary Dart formation in Helix aspersa has been investigated by SEM of isolated darts at progressive stages in their development, and by histology of dart sacs at the same times. Dart formation begins at the tip of a tubercle where a small group of epithelial cells secrete an organic material filling a small CaCO3 cone that is the first mineralized part of the shaft. Subsequent secretory activity by an increasing area of the tubercle epithelium results in an increase in the diameter and anterior lengthening of the shaft. Continued secretion by the tubercle and dart sac epithelium produces the flare and finally the corona. A pattern of deposition is also evident in the fine structure of the mineral. In the shaft and vanes there is an inner layer of spherulitic prismatic structure which is covered by a layer of irregular patches of simple prismatic structure. The outermost layer of the shaft and vanes has a continuous simple prismatic structure. Two layers are present in the flare, an inner granular amorphous layer and an outer spherulitic prismatic layer. The corona consists of a single rarefied prismatic layer. A mechanism of dart formation is suggested that involves two types of organic matrix, calcifying and non-calcifying. Measurements of the calcium content of darts, dart sacs, and collars indicate that the hemolymph is the probable source of calcium for the dart.
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    Zoomorphology 97 (1981), S. 263-284 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Gemmula-Anlagen des Süßwasserschwamms Ephydatia fluviatilis bestehen aus Archäocyten, Trophocyten und Spongioblasten. Beschalte Gemmulae enthalten ausschließlich mit Reservestoffen gefüllte Archäocyten, die vor Fertigstellung der Gemmula-Schale zweikernig werden. Die drei lichtmikroskopisch erkennbaren Schichten der Gemmula-Schale, nämlich die Innen-, die Vakuolen- und die Außenschicht, werden nach einem zur Schwammbasis hin gerichteten Gradienten von einem hochprismatischen Spongioblasten-Epithel sezerniert. Alle Anzeichen sprechen dafür, daß es sich bei diesen Spongioblasten um temporär modifizierte Exopinacocyten handelt. Zu Beginn der Schalenbildung übernimmt ein Verband von flachen Archäocyten an der Peripherie des inneren Zellenkomplexes die Funktion der Formgebung für die entstehende Schale. Diese Zellen sezernieren in Richtung des Spongioblasten-Epithels eine nur elektronenmikroskopisch erkennbare, innere Begrenzungsschicht der Gemmula-Schale. Die in der Gemmula-Schale enthaltenen Mirkroskleren (Amphidisken) werden jeweils in einem Amphidiskoblasten im Mesenchym fertiggestellt und, nachdem Begleitzellen Kontakt zu dem Amphidiskoblasten aufgenommen haben, in das Spongioblasten-Epithel einer Gemmula-Anlage transportiert. Dort wird die Nadel aus dem Zellenkomplex freigesetzt und in die Schale eingebaut. Die Verschlußmembran im Keimporus (Mikropyle) der Gemmula-Schale wird von einer Gruppe modifizierter Spongioblasten (Mikropylen-Spongioblasten) sezerniert. Sie besteht aus der regulären, nur elektronenmikroskopisch erkennbaren, inneren Begrenzungsschicht und zwei weiteren Schichten, die mit keiner Schicht der eigentlichen Gemmula-Schale identisch sind. Die Spongioblasten flachen sich gegen Ende der Schalenbildung zu einem dauerhaften Plattenepithel ab, das auf die Oberfläche der fertigen Gemmula eine dünne Sponginhülle sezerniert.
    Notes: Summary Primordial gemmules in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis consist of archaeocytes, trophocytes, and spongioblasts. Once the shell has been completed the gemmules contain only archaeocytes filled with food reserves; they become binucleate before completion of the shell. The three layers of the gemmule shell discernible in the light microscope — the inner, vacuolar, and outer layers — are secreted by a highly prismatic spongioblast epithelium along a gradient from the apex to the base of the sponge. All the evidence indicates that these spongioblasts are temporarily modified exopinacocytes. Shell formation is initiated when a group of flat archaeocytes at the periphery of the inner cell complex assumes the function of establishing the shape of the shell. That is, they secrete toward the spongioblast epithelium a boundary layer, detectable only electron microscopically, that marks the inner surface of the shell. Each of the microscleres (amphidisks) in the gemmule shell is formed within an amphidiskoblast in the mesenchyme; when auxiliary cells have contacted the amphidiskoblast, they move together to the spongioblast epithelium in a region of the shell. There the spicule is released from the cell complex and incorporated into the shell. The membrane that closes the pore (micropyle) of the gemmule shell is secreted by a group of modified spongioblasts (micropyle spongioblasts). It consists of a continuation of the inner boundary layer lining the shell itself, detectable only electron microscopically, plus two other layers not identical with any layer of the shell. Toward the end of shell formation the spongioblasts flatten, creating a permanent pavement epithelium that secretes a thin envelope of spongin over the surface of the completed gemmule.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 179-188 
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    Notes: Summary Orifice flow and drag theory are found theoretically to be generally inapplicable to axial gas flow through conifer wood under the conditions normally used for gas permeability studies of the material. However, orifice flow theory might be applicable at higher mean pressures or at higher applied pressure drops. Methods of testing this possibility experimentally are discussed.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 227-235 
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    Notes: Summary The maximum torsional-shear stress of 5 softwoods and 4 hardwoods were tested in the radial and tangential planes. These tests were carried out in glycerin which was preheated to different temperatures between 22°C and 150°C, inclusively. The dense hardwoods possess 2.4 times higher shear stress than softwoods at 22°C. However, at elevated temperatures, the same degree of shear stress reduction (77 %) is obtained for hardwoods and softwoods in both radial and tangential failure. Thus, the reduction in shear stress is independent of physical and structural wood variables.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 236-236 
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 237-249 
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    Notes: Summary Past research on the combustion and pyrolysis of wood have often indicated a link between wood microstructure and its observed properties in fire exposure. The present research, after utilizing an instrumented fire exposure shown to simulate actual fire conditions, examines the microstructure of fire damaged wood and considers the implications of microstructural changes seen on the burning process. Differences in microstructural detail between wood and char, as well as fissure geometry, were shown to be consistent. The demarcation between damaged and undamaged wood was shown to be extremely small (several cell layers in thickness). The resulting microstructural observations are considered in light of published kinetic data on wood combustion and current theories and data on thermal degradation of wood.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 275-286 
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    Notes: Summary Radial pattern of variation in the first-formed earlywood tracheid length in blue pine shows that it increases outwards from the pith at first rapidly up to the 10th ring, then more slowly up to about the 40th ring and thereafter it remains more or less constant. It is correlated significantly and positively with both age and distance from the pith up to 40 years. In the mature wood zone i.e. after 40 years, tracheid length is not affected by either age or distance from the pith. The mean tracheid length of mature wood is significantly and positively correlated with the mean tracheid length of juvenile wood and also with the tracheid length of each of the juvenile wood rings. Based on the results of this study some guidelines for sampling are proposed. Trees with greater than 51 cm d.b.h. or above 40 years of age can be compared by sampling only four outermost consecutive mature wood annual rings; and those with less than 51 cm d.b.h. or below 40 years of age can be compared by sampling any of the juvenile wood rings.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 287-300 
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    Notes: Summary Crosslinking of wood with gaseous formaldehyde improves its hygroscopic and dimensional behaviour and its resistance against microorganisms. However, this formaldehyde crosslinking reaction takes place only in the presence of an acid catalyst, which results in losses in mechanical strength. Electron microscopic analysis of poplar samples treated under various conditions of reaction revealed severe degradation of cell wall substances. The formaldehyde gaseous nonomer is shown to have some hydrolytic action on cellular structure. Sulphur dioxide and particularly hydrochloric acid used as catalysts caused substantial extraction of matrix substances from fibre walls. Walls of vessels and ray parenchyma cells seemed to become less degraded. Strong exposure of cellulose fibrils during formaldehyde crosslinking reactions, illustrated by highly electron transparent zones in the S1 and inner S2 layers, occurred for both the SO2 and HCl catalyzed treatments. In general a more extensive degradation was observed for the formaldehyde-hydrochloric acid reaction and for the formaldehyde sulfur dioxide treatments using a high acid concentration. From these observations it might be concluded that the reduced mechanical strength of formaldehyde-treated woods are partially based on the hydrolysis of the carbohydrate backbone of the cell wall.
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    Wood science and technology 15 (1981), S. 311-316 
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    Notes: Summary The structure of the non-cyclic benzyl aryl (α-0-4) ethers 4 and 5, proposed by Freudenberg and Friedmann (1960) and recently boubted by Leary (1980), is discussed on the basis of previously published experimental results. Further evidence in favor of the occurrence of non-cyclic α-0-4 bonds in lignin is provided. A critical comment is, however, given on the formation of non-cyclic α-0-γ bonds in lignin according to Leary (1980).
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 1-18 
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    Notes: Summary A method has been developed for the determination of lignin distribution in wood cell walls by studying bromine concentrations in 0.5 μm sections with scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDXA) technique. Evaluation of backscattering, absorption and fluorescence effects on quantitative assay of lignin distribution indicated that these effects may all be ignored, if relative comparisons are made. Thus, a relative ratio of the measured Br-L X-ray intensities directly provides bromine concentration ratio, from which the ratio of lignin concentrations in different morphological regions can be estimated. Additionally, the effect of electron beam bombardment on bromine was found to be negligible. Therefore, the SEM-EDXA technique provides quantitative information of lignin distribution with relatively high accuracy. The potential and limitations of this technique were also elucidated.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 35-57 
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    Notes: Summary Acoustic emission (AE) monitoring is a non-destructive testing technique widely used to detect flaw development and crack propagation in metals, ceramics, polymers and composite materials. This paper relates the AE-strain characteristics from three softwoods tested in tension to mechanisms of deformation observed by scanning electron microscopy. All wood specimens are identical in size and radial-longitudinal in orientation, enabling the path of failure through planes of earlywood and latewood to be examined. It is found that the proportion of earlywood to latewood in each species has a marked effect on the shape of the AE-strain curves. Parana pine, containing very few latewood tracheids, exhibits a close to linear relationship between log cumulative emissions and strain until close to failure when the count rate increases rapidly. Douglas-fir, which has well-defined earlywood-latewood boundaries generates many AEs at low strain and there is greater variation in the shape of the AE characteristic between samples. Parana pine and Douglas-fir are tested at 20 °C (12.5 % EMC). Scots pine is also stressed at 20°C (12.5%EMC), 20°C (0.7%EMC) and 80°C (0.7%EMC), to assess the effect of moisture content on AE. Values of Young's modulus, stress at failure and work of fracture for the three softwoods are compared with the AE-strain data. Although the work of fracture is related to the total AEs to failure, no direct proportionality exists between the two parameters. Finally, the AE-strain data for plywood and glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), both man-made composite materials, are compared with those of wood, the natural composite material.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 67-70 
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    Notes: Summary A reply to the note by Nimz (1981) on the occurrence of benzyl non-cyclic ether bonds in lignin.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 223-237 
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    Notes: Summary An extension is made to a previously proposed reliability-based procedure for characterizing the duration of load properties of wood. This extension provides a methodology for testing if two disjoint nominal populations of wood specified by modulus of elasticity have significantly different time to failure distributions at a given applied stress. This extension has practical application in the assignment of grades to structural lumber and in determining the dependence of time to failure on grade, species, and size.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 259-260 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 241-259 
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    Notes: Summary Structural changes in spruce and aspen wood samples subjected to axial compression were examined by means of the scanning electron microscope. For comparison, macroscopic model experiments were carried out on tube-shaped samples made of paper so as to represent segments of fibriform xylem cells. The results show that there are fracture patterns characteristic of wood in general and others characteristic of the species of wood. The phenomena characteristic of wood in general are prevalent at the cellular level and in the fracture behaviour of the cell wall layers and perforations. The characteristics of the various species of wood dominate at the level of the growth rings and are decisively influenced by the composition and arrangement of the tissues. The model experiments show that the failure morphology of the individual cells of the xylem may be explained to some extent by their geometry.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 277-278 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 269-277 
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    Notes: Summary In order to elucidate a previously reported discrepancy in the ratio of the lignin concentration in the middle lamella to that in the secondary wall as determined by ultraviolet (UV) microscopy and bromination combined with EDXA, the ultraviolet absorptivity of the lignin and the lignin reactivity towards bromination were compared for black spruce wood (Picea mariana Mill.). In addition, UV microscopy and EDXA techniques were applied to the determination of lignin distribution in the tracheids in order to establish the relationship between the two techniques. The results indicated that, although the ultraviolet absorptivity in different morphological regions is essentially the same, the secondary wall lignin was 1.70 times more reactive towards bromination than the middle lamella lignin. By applying the value of 1.70 as a correction to the EDXA results, the estimated lignin distribution by EDXA was in fairly good agreement with that from UV microscopy.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 279-285 
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    Notes: Summary Aspen wood was ball milled for times as long as 10 days. The change in wood morphology was examined in the ultraviolet microscope. The accessibility of the milled wood to cellulase was also determined. Soon after the commencement of the milling, part of the wood took on a characteristic appearance in which the cell wall material was completely broken down. The proportion of this disordered wall material (DWM) increased with increased time of milling. The accessibility to cellulase increased with the proportion of DWM produced by the milling.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 181-191 
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    Notes: Summary The movements of branches or control stem girdled white pine (Pinus strobus L.) were analyzed using beam theory. The stresses generated in the compression wood (CW) produced bending moments to counter the added bending moments due to new branch growth. The branches on the treated trees produced additional CW after untreated trees stopped elongation and diameter growth. The intensity of the stresses in this additional CW was greater than in the other CW. Thus, branches on treated trees moved up vertically well beyond their initial orientation due to both more CW and more active CW. The branches on untreated trees all deflected downward as branch weight continued to increase after CW production stopped.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 203-213 
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    Notes: Summary This study was to determine the effects of shelling ratio (SR) 0.200, 0.314, and 0.400, relative humidity (RH) 50, 64, 78, and 92 percent, and temperature (T) 10°C, 24°C, and 38°C, on the initial elastic (YE) deformation, irrecoverable creep (YIR) and creep deformations (YC) of sugar maple-veneered-medium-density fiberboard (MDF) composite panels 16 mm thick, 229 by 584 mm in size for the purpose of developing a hardwood composite. This composite would possess creep resistance comparable to conventional softwood plywood and lumber. The YE, YC, and YIR of all composite panels were significantly (at 0.05 level) affected by the SR, RH, and T in this study. However, no differences in creep deformations were found in all specimens between the SR of 0.314 and 0.400, between the RH of 50 and 64 percent, and between the T of 10°C and 24°C conditions. Composite panels with an SR value of 0.314 and 0.400 had YC values approaching that of maple lumber. Panels with SR value of 0.200 displayed lower average YE, YC, and YIR values than those of the Douglas-fir plywood. The effect of T on creep deformation was small when compared to the effects of SR and RH. The YIR accounted for almost 2/3 of the YC for all composite panels. Predicted YE, YC, and YIR values obtained from the multiple regression models predict very well the observed test values. The creep behavior of the composites was explained well by a power-law equation in log-log form for periods of 2 to 10 minutes and 10 to 100 minutes. Reasonable approximations of YC at 2-week intervals were made by extrapolating the short-term creep test results of 10 to 100 minutes log-log regression analysis oor the veneered-MDF composites.
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 268-268 
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    Wood science and technology 16 (1982), S. 261-267 
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    Notes: Summary Elemental and functional group analyses were carried out on tissue fractions from the secondary wall and middle lamella of black spruce tracheids. The secondary wall lignin was found to contain 1.7 times as much methoxyl per C9 as the middle lamella lignin, indicating a substantial proportion of unmethylated para-hydroxyphenylpropane residues in the middle lamella. The content of carbonyl groups was at least three times larger in middle lamella lignin than in secondary wall lignin. The carboxyl content of the middle lamella was found to be about three times as large as that of the secondary wall. Elemental analyses show a higher carbon and lower oxygen content in the middle lamella than in the secondary wall.
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    Notes: Summary Phagocytosis and digestion in Climacostomum virens were investigated using the flagellate Chlorogonium elongatum as food. The flagellates are pushed through the buccal tube to be enclosed in food vacuoles in the cytopharyngeal region at the base of the buccal tube. Cytopharyngeal vesicles contribute membrane to the forming food vacuoles. Within 3–5 min after ingestion, small vesicles, presumably primary lysosomes, surround the food vacuole and fuse with it. Electron-lucent folds develop in the food vacuole membrane 3–6 h after feeding. Electron dense evaginations from the vacuole are detected 9–24 h after ingestion. Folds and evaginations appear to be involved in the resorption and transport of digested material through the cytoplasm. Defecation of undigested residues at the cytoproct occurs 12–24 h after ingestion. The membrane of the defecation vacuole fragments to form numerous vesicles as the undigested residues are discharged.
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Im Verlauf von 10wöchigem Nahrungsentzug unterliegen die großen Zellen der Mitteldarmdrüsen von Armadillidium vulgare und Porcellio scaber ultrastrukturellen Veränderungen, die denen entsprechen, welche von Ligia oceanica beschrieben wurden. Wiederfütterung mit verschiedenem Futter nach 6wöchigem Nahrungsentzug hat sehr verschiedene ultrastrukturelle Veränderungen zur Folge: Die dominierenden Merkmale sind Glykogen-Felder nach Saccharose-Gabe, elektronendichte Grana und große Vakuolen nach Protein, Lipideinschlüsse nach Butter und Fettkörper von Käferlarven sowie Sambucus-Blättern, Heterolysosomen nach Buchenlaub und Douglasien-Nadeln und elektronendichte Grana nach Bakterien (z.B. Bacillus subtilis). Das vielfältigste Bild zeigen die Zellen der Tiere, welche künstliches Nährmedium aufgenommen hatten.
    Notes: Summary Over a 10-week period of food deprivation the large epithelial cells of the hepatopancreas of Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio scaber undergo ultrastructural changes that correspond to the conditions described previously from Ligia oceanica. Refeeding with different diets after a starvation period of 6 weeks results in very different ultrastructural aspects of the large epithelial cells. The dominant features are as follows: glycogen deposits (after a sucrose diet), electron dense granules and large vacuoles (protein diet), lipid droplets (butter, fat body of beetle larvae, litter of Sambucus), heterolysosomes (litter of Fagus, needles of Pseudotsuga), and electron dense granules (bacteria, e.g. Bacillus subtilis). The most diversified ultrastructure was obtained 2 days after refeeding with an artificial diet.
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    Notes: Summary Mature and developing euspermatozoa of the prosobranch gastropod Pyrazus ebeninus, have been examined using transmission electron microscopy and phase-contrast light microscopy. The head of the mature euspermatozoon consists of a conical acrosome capping a short, rod-shaped nucleus (laterally compressed posteriorly). A basal invagination in the nucleus contains the proximal portion of the axoneme and a dense attachment matrix. Four apparently non-helical mitochondrial elements (two large, two small) comprise the midpiece each being composed of curved, inclined cristal plates and a granular matrix. The structure and arrangement of the mitochondrial elements is thus distinguishable from the helical midpiece elements found in euspermatozoa of neogastropods and most mesogastropods and possibly is widespread in the Cerithiacea. A dense ring-like structure is found closely applied to the inside of the plasma membrane at the junction of midpiece and glycogen piece. Acrosome and midpiece formation and nuclear condensation have been studied in developing euspermatozoa. Acrosome development is divided into two phases: (1) a pre-attachment phase — during which a complex early acrosome is formed often at great distance from the nuclear apex, and (2) an attachment/post-attachment phase — during which the completed preattachment phase acrosome tilts into position at the nuclear apex and subsequently elongates. The nucleus passes through a recognizable sequence of condensation phases (reticular, fibrillar and lamellar phases). Microtubules surround both the nucleus and midpiece in the final phase of maturation. The four, elongate midpiece elements of the mature euspermatozoon are apparently derived from the four large, spherical mitochondria of the euspermatid. The potential usefulness of spermatozoal ultrastructure with regard to indicating affinities between groups of gastropod families is briefly discussed.
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  • 99
    ISSN: 1432-234X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The spermatozoon of Haplotaxis ornamentus has characteristics common to all oligochaete sperm: filiform; primary acrosome vesicle carried on an acrosome tube and containing an axial rod (perforatorium) in an invagination (subvesicular space or secondary acrosomal invagination); an elongate, highly condensed cylindrical nucleus followed by a cylindrical midpiece of radially adpressed mitochondria not penetrated by the axoneme; a single (distal) centriole persistent, though modified, at maturity; axoneme with 9 doublets, each with two outer glycogen granules, and centrally two singlets accompanied by two solid fibres. A peculiar haplotaxid combination of characters (none unique) is slight withdrawal of the primary vesicle into the acrosome tube with a strongly emergent capitulate axial rod and moderately short midpiece. This ultrastructure is consistent with location of the Haplotaxidae at the base of the Haplotaxida (Haplotaxina — Alluroidina — Moniligastrina — Lumbricina). Tubificida sperm, although also plesiomorph for the Oligochaeta, have the autapomorphy elongate periaxial sheath (secondary tube), excepting the Phreodrilidae whose sperm show convergent resemblances to the Lumbricina. The term annuloid has been introduced for annulus-like structures of varied origins.
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    Zoomorphology 100 (1982), S. 217-222 
    ISSN: 1432-234X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The coelomic space in the trunk of the arrow worm Sagitta elegans is lined by a thin epithelium, which may be termed coelomic epithelium. The visceral part of this epithelium is composed of flat cells characterized by thin and thick myofilaments, which constitute the circular musculature of the gut. In addition mitochondria, rough ER, and smooth walled cisterns, as well as vesicular and granular inclusions occur; the apical and basal plasma membranes exhibit no particular specializations. The parietal epithelium is exceedingly thin and covers the muscle cells of the body wall. In the lateral fields columnar ciliated cells are to be found which are rich in rough ER cisterns and which apparently are also coelomic epithelial cells.
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