Abstract
Apolocystis elongata lies in the seminal vesicles of the worm Eisenia foetida (Sav.). As we have seen by light microscopy, Apolocystis possesses a cuticle thickly covered by a pile of short hair-like processes each about 4µ long and 0.5µ thick. The processes do not show obvious signs of movement. The animal is a passive feeder. In our investigation by electron microscopy we have been particularly interested in determining the ultra-structural organization of the body-wall and hair-like processes.
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LACY, D., MILES, H. Observations by Electron Microscopy on the Structure of an Acephaline Gregarine (Apolocystis elongata, Phillips and MacKinnon). Nature 183, 1456–1457 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831456a0
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