Estudo ultraestrutural da espermatogênese de Donax striatus Linnaeus (Mollusca, Bivalvia) do litoral norte do Brasil

Matos, E.; Matos, P.; Corral, L.; Azevedo, C.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751995000100021

The fine structure of the sperm and spermatogenesis of the Donax striatus are described. The morphology of the spermatozoa is classified as of a primitive type with a head, mid-piece with four mitochondria and tail. The head shows a complex acrosome, typical of heterodont bivalves. During spermatogenesis the nuclear chromatin shows granular condensation. The present paper describes detailed observations of the espermatozoa.

Ultrastructure; Spermatozoa; Mollusca Bivalvia

Estudo ultraestrutural da espermatogênese de Donax striatus Linnaeus (Mollusca, Bivalvia) do litoral norte do Brasil

Ultrastructural study of the spermatogenesis of Donax striatus Linnaeus (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Brazil northern litoral

E. Matos^I; P. Matos^II; L. Corral^II; C. Azevedo^III

^IDepartamento de Biologia Animal - Histologia e Embriologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Pará, Av. Tancredo Neves, 66077-530 Belém, Pará, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Histologia e Embriologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66059-900 Belém, Pará, Brasil

^IIIDepartamento do Biologia Celular, IMAR - Instituto do Mar, Universidade do Porto-Portugal, 4000 Porto, Portugal

ABSTRACT

The fine structure of the sperm and spermatogenesis of the Donax striatus are described. The morphology of the spermatozoa is classified as of a primitive type with a head, mid-piece with four mitochondria and tail. The head shows a complex acrosome, typical of heterodont bivalves. During spermatogenesis the nuclear chromatin shows granular condensation. The present paper describes detailed observations of the espermatozoa.

Key words: Ultrastructure, Spermatozoa, Mollusca Bivalvia

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AGRADECIMENTOS. A Profa Dra Yoko Wakabara da Universidade de São Paulo, pela identificação da espécie. Ao Sr. João Carvalheiro pelo serviço iconográfico. Trabalho parcialmente subsidiado pelo JNICT (Portugal), CNPq, UFPA e FCAP.

Recebido em 19.IX.1994; aceito em 18.VI.1995.

Referências bibliográficas

Adiyodi,K.G. & R.G. Adiyodi. 1983. Reproductive biology of Invertebrates. II. Spermatogenesis and Sperm Function. Chichester, John Wiley & Sons.
Anderson, W.A. & P. Personne. 1970. The localization of glycogen in the spermatozoa of various invertebrate and vertebrate species. J. cell. Byology, 44:29-51.
Ansell, A.D. 1983. The biology of the genus Donax, p. 539-546. In: A. McLachlan & T. Erasmus (eds). Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Junk, The Hague.
Azevedo, C. 1981. The fine structure of the spermatozoa of Patella lusitanica (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) with special reference to acrosome formation. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 13:47-56.
De Villiers, G. 1975. Reproduction of the sand mussel Donax serra Roding. Investigational Report of the Sea Fisheries Branch South Africa 102:1-33.
Franzén, A. 1970. Phylogenetic aspects of the morphology of the spermatozoa and spermatogenesis, p. 29-46. In: B. Baccetti (ed.). Comparative Spermatology. New York, Academic Press.
______. 1983. Ultrastructural studies of spermatozoa in three bivalve species with notes on envolution of elongated aperm nucleus in primitive spermatozoa. Gamete Research 7:199-214.
Galangau, V. & O. Tuzet. 1968. L acrosome d Octopus vulgaris Lmk.: Observations au microscope eletronique. Comptes Rendus De L Academie des Sciences, Paris, 2670:1462-1467.
Hodgson, A.N. 1986. Invertebrate spermatozoa: Strueture and spermatogenesis. Archives of Andrology 17:105-114.
Hodgson, A.N. & R.T.F. Bernard. 1986. Ultrastructure of the sperm and spermatogenis of three species of Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Gamete Research 15:123-135.
Hodgson, A.N.; R.T.F. Bernard & G. van der Horst. 1990. Comparative spermatology of three species of Donax (Bivalvia) from South Africa. J. Moll. Stud. 56:257-265.
Hylander, B.L. & R.G. Summers. 1977. An ultrastructural analysis of the gametes and early fertilization in two bivalve molluscs Chama macerophylla and Spisula solidissima with special reference to gamete binding. Cell & Tissue Res. 182:469-489.
Kilburn, R. & E. Rippey. 1982. Sea Shells of Southern Africa. South Africa, Macmillan, 248p.
Longo, F.J. & E.J. Anderson. 1970. Structural and cytochemical features of the sperm of the cephalopod Octopus bimaculatus. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 32:94-106.
Matos, E.; P. Matos; E. Oliveira & C. Azevedo. 1993. Aspectos morfológicos e ultraestruturais do espermatozóide de Ermitão Clibanarius vittatus Bosc, 1802 (Crustacea, Decapoda) do litoral norte do Brasil. Rev. bras. Ciênc. morfol. 10:126-131.
Maxwell, W.L. 1983. Mollusca, 275-319. In: K.G. Adiyodi & R.G. Adiyodi (eds). Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. V. II: Spermatogenesis and Sperm Function. Chichester, John Wiley & Sons.
McLachlan, A. & N. Hanekom. 1979. Aspects of the biology, ecology and seasonal fluctuations and biochemical composition of Donax serra in the east Cape. South African J. Zoology 14:183-193.
McLachlan, A. & G. van der Horst. 1979. Growth and production of two molluscs from an exposed sandy beach. South African J. Zoology 14:194-201.
Popham, J.D. 1974a. Comparative morphometrics of the acrosomes of the sperms of "externally" and "internally" fertilizing sperms of the shipworms (Teredinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Cell. Tissue Res. 150:291-297.
______. 1974b. The acrosome reaction in the sperm of the shipworm Bankia australia Calman (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Cell Tissue Res. 151:93-101.
______. 1979. Comparative spermatozoon morphology and bivalve phylogeny. Malacological Review 12:1-20.
Popham, J.D.; M.R. Dickson & C.K. Goddard. 1974. Ultrastructural study of the mature gametes of two species of Bankia (Mollusca: Teredinidae). Austr. Jour. Zool. 22:1-12.
Roosen-Runge, E.C. 1977. The process of spermatogenesis in animals. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Rouse, G. & B.G.M. Jamieson. 1987. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of the polychaetes Euryhoe complanata (Amphinomidae), and Clymenella sp., and Micromaldane sp. (Maldanidae), with a definition of sperm types in relation to fertilization biology. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 19:573-584.
Sousa, M.; L. Corral & C. Azevedo. 1989. Ultrastructural and cytochemical study of spermatogenesis in Scrobicularia plana (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Gamete Res. 24:383-401.

Datas de Publicação

Publicação nesta coleção
22 Jul 2009
Data do Fascículo
1995

Histórico

Recebido
19 Set 1994
Aceito
18 Jun 1995

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[2] Anderson, W.A. & P. Personne. 1970. The localization of glycogen in the spermatozoa of various invertebrate and vertebrate species. J. cell. Byology, 44:29-51.

[3] Ansell, A.D. 1983. The biology of the genus Donax, p. 539-546. In: A. McLachlan & T. Erasmus (eds). Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Junk, The Hague.

[4] Azevedo, C. 1981. The fine structure of the spermatozoa of Patella lusitanica (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) with special reference to acrosome formation. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 13:47-56.

[5] De Villiers, G. 1975. Reproduction of the sand mussel Donax serra Roding. Investigational Report of the Sea Fisheries Branch South Africa 102:1-33.

[6] Franzén, A. 1970. Phylogenetic aspects of the morphology of the spermatozoa and spermatogenesis, p. 29-46. In: B. Baccetti (ed.). Comparative Spermatology. New York, Academic Press.

[7] ______. 1983. Ultrastructural studies of spermatozoa in three bivalve species with notes on envolution of elongated aperm nucleus in primitive spermatozoa. Gamete Research 7:199-214.

[8] Galangau, V. & O. Tuzet. 1968. L acrosome d Octopus vulgaris Lmk.: Observations au microscope eletronique. Comptes Rendus De L Academie des Sciences, Paris, 2670:1462-1467.

[9] Hodgson, A.N. 1986. Invertebrate spermatozoa: Strueture and spermatogenesis. Archives of Andrology 17:105-114.

[10] Hodgson, A.N. & R.T.F. Bernard. 1986. Ultrastructure of the sperm and spermatogenis of three species of Mytilidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Gamete Research 15:123-135.

[11] Hodgson, A.N.; R.T.F. Bernard & G. van der Horst. 1990. Comparative spermatology of three species of Donax (Bivalvia) from South Africa. J. Moll. Stud. 56:257-265.

[12] Hylander, B.L. & R.G. Summers. 1977. An ultrastructural analysis of the gametes and early fertilization in two bivalve molluscs Chama macerophylla and Spisula solidissima with special reference to gamete binding. Cell & Tissue Res. 182:469-489.

[13] Kilburn, R. & E. Rippey. 1982. Sea Shells of Southern Africa. South Africa, Macmillan, 248p.

[14] Longo, F.J. & E.J. Anderson. 1970. Structural and cytochemical features of the sperm of the cephalopod Octopus bimaculatus. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 32:94-106.

[15] Matos, E.; P. Matos; E. Oliveira & C. Azevedo. 1993. Aspectos morfológicos e ultraestruturais do espermatozóide de Ermitão Clibanarius vittatus Bosc, 1802 (Crustacea, Decapoda) do litoral norte do Brasil. Rev. bras. Ciênc. morfol. 10:126-131.

[16] Maxwell, W.L. 1983. Mollusca, 275-319. In: K.G. Adiyodi & R.G. Adiyodi (eds). Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. V. II: Spermatogenesis and Sperm Function. Chichester, John Wiley & Sons.

[17] McLachlan, A. & N. Hanekom. 1979. Aspects of the biology, ecology and seasonal fluctuations and biochemical composition of Donax serra in the east Cape. South African J. Zoology 14:183-193.

[18] McLachlan, A. & G. van der Horst. 1979. Growth and production of two molluscs from an exposed sandy beach. South African J. Zoology 14:194-201.

[19] Popham, J.D. 1974a. Comparative morphometrics of the acrosomes of the sperms of "externally" and "internally" fertilizing sperms of the shipworms (Teredinidae, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Cell. Tissue Res. 150:291-297.

[20] ______. 1974b. The acrosome reaction in the sperm of the shipworm Bankia australia Calman (Bivalvia, Mollusca). Cell Tissue Res. 151:93-101.

[21] ______. 1979. Comparative spermatozoon morphology and bivalve phylogeny. Malacological Review 12:1-20.

[22] Popham, J.D.; M.R. Dickson & C.K. Goddard. 1974. Ultrastructural study of the mature gametes of two species of Bankia (Mollusca: Teredinidae). Austr. Jour. Zool. 22:1-12.

[23] Roosen-Runge, E.C. 1977. The process of spermatogenesis in animals. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

[24] Rouse, G. & B.G.M. Jamieson. 1987. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of the polychaetes Euryhoe complanata (Amphinomidae), and Clymenella sp., and Micromaldane sp. (Maldanidae), with a definition of sperm types in relation to fertilization biology. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. 19:573-584.

[25] Sousa, M.; L. Corral & C. Azevedo. 1989. Ultrastructural and cytochemical study of spermatogenesis in Scrobicularia plana (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Gamete Res. 24:383-401.

Estudo ultraestrutural da espermatogênese de Donax striatus Linnaeus (Mollusca, Bivalvia) do litoral norte do Brasil

Ultrastructural study of the spermatogenesis of Donax striatus Linnaeus (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Brazil northern litoral

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