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The ultrastructure of five types of presumed sensory receptors in the scolex of preadults of Proteocephalus longicollis is described. Two types of nonciliate sensory receptors are situated on the inner surface of the lateral sucker. They differ from each other in the shape, presence, or absence of a large rootlet, electron-dense collars, desmosomes, microtubules, and/or vesicles. In addition, three types of ciliate sensory receptors are found along the edges of the lateral suckers. They can be differentiated by the length of the cilium, by the number of electron-dense collars (one or two), and by types of vesicles. Four types of vesicles were found inside the ciliate sensory receptors. One type of ciliate sensory receptor occurring in preadults differs markedly from any of the sensory receptors previously described in adult P. longicollis.
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Received: 18 June 1999 / Accepted: 28 July 1999
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Bruňanská, M., Fagerholm, HP. & Gustafsson, M. Ultrastructure studies of preadult Proteocephalus longicollis (Cestoda, Proteocephalidea): transmission electron microscopy of scolex sensory receptors. Parasitol Res 86, 89–95 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050016