THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF LIFE OF THE PYRAMIDELLIDAE, PARASITIC OPISTHOBRANCHS
THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF LIFE OF THE PYRAMIDELLIDAE, PARASITIC OPISTHOBRANCHS
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DOI:
10.1017/s0025315400023377
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发表时间:
1949-01-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
GRAHAM, A
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作者:
FRETTER, V;GRAHAM, A
The family Pyramidellidae contains spp. of gastropod mollusks of similar structure and mode of life, each an ectoparasite living by sucking the blood of a particular host. The mouth lies on a sucker at the apex of a long retractible proboscis. The buccal cavity contains a hollow stylet[long dash]the modified jaw[long dash]surrounding the median salivary duct, and at its inner end forms a muscular pump. No radula is present. The pyra-midellids agree with the opisthobranchs in that the stomach is a space into which the ducts of the digestive gland discharge, and the intestine is short; the nervous system is concentrated and euthyneurous; the gonad is hermaphroditic and large glands attached to the hermaphroditic duct provide the outer protective covering of the egg mass; an open seminal groove leads from the common genital aperture to an invaginable penis, and a sperm sac is attached to the penial sheath and filled before each copulation; the veliger has a sinistral shell. The penis passes through the nerve ring ventral to the esophagus[long dash]a position perhaps associated with the development of the introvert.