Volume 15 (2005-2006)

Volume 15 Part 2

Pages
pp. 149 -
156

The author presents the results of the study on intrapopulation variability in the egg cluster morphology of Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) in a small lake near Smolensk. The changes in the basic characteristics of syncapsules are very considerable. The most constant feature is the egg capsule size, but its limits and mean values also vary both in one specimen and in different molluscs and coincide with the variation within the genus Planorbarius Dumeril, 1806. Thus, the use of characters of egg clusters for recognition of species is impossible.

Внутрипопуляционная изменчивость морфологии кладок яиц Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)
Березкина Г. В.;
Pages
pp. 157 -
160

The sperm ultrastructure of Yoldia notabilis Yokoyama, 1922 and Y. keppeliana Sowerby, 1904 was examined. Sperm cells of Y. notabilis and Y. keppeliana have classic morphology: they consist of a spherical head, midpiece and a flagellum the head consists of the acrosome and the nucleus, the midpiece containing spherical mitochondria and centrioles. Average dimensions of Y. notabilis sperm head are 3.6 μm and 2.8 μm (length and width), Y. keppeliana — 3.8×2.6 μm. Periacrosomal material of both species is poorly developed. The basic difference between Y. notabilis and Y. keppeliana sperm cells is the number of mitochondria: Y. notabilis has 5 or 6 and Y. keppeliana — only 5. A slight difference of the sperm cells in the head form and in the number of mitochondria may indicate the recent separation of the species, probably as a result of reproductive isolation.

Ультраструктура спермиев двух видов Yoldia (Yoldiidae, Nuculoida, Bivalvia) из Японского моря
Тюрин С. А.; Дроздов А. Л.;