Gametogenesis in Harmothoe imbricata (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) |
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Authors: | J M Daly |
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Institution: | (1) Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, North Shields, Northumberland, England;(2) Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
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Abstract: | The processes of gametogenesis in Harmothoe imbricata are described and illustrated. For most of their development the gametes are attached to the walls of segmental blood vessels. In males, only meiosis and sperm differentiation occur while the cells are free in the coelom. In females, oocytes are only released into the coelom briefly, after vitellogenesis has been completed. H. imbricata thus differs from most polychaete species so far described — where in males the spermatogonia divide mitotically to form rosettes after they have been released into the coelom, and in females the whole of vitellogenesis occurs after release of oocytes into the coelom. The oocytes of H. imbricata enter the first metaphase of meiosis before they are shed at spawning. The elongated head of the sperm in H. imbricata is atypical of polychaetes in general. |
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