A Contribution to the Structure of the Female Genital Organs in some Digenetic Trematodes in Japan

  • Takahashi, Shozo
Publication date
September 1929
Publisher
岡山医学会
Journal
Okayama Igakkai Zasshi (Journal of Okayama Medical Association)

Abstract

The author studied of the detailed structure of the female genital organs in 18 specieses (Table, P. 1924) out of mammalian-, avian-, amphibian- and fish-trematoes and came to the following conclusions: 1) In all specieses the author examied, the terminal end of the ciliated epithelium of the oviduct is limited constantly and sharply at the point slightly peripheral to the point of junction of the oviduct and the common vitelline duct. It seems highly probable that this fact is common for all digenetic trematodes. 2) In Loxogenes liberum, Stellantchasmus falcatus, Echinochasmus perfoliatus, E. japonicus, E. elongatus and Echinostoma gotoi, the “Befruchtungsraum (Looss)” [“Verschluckapparat (Kobayashi)”] developes prominently, while in the o...

Extracted data

We use cookies to provide a better user experience.