Noya O, Alarcón de Noya B, Arrechedera H, Torres J, Argüello C
Sección de Biohelmintiasis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas.
Int J Parasitol. 1992 Aug;22(5):631-40. doi: 10.1016/0020-7519(92)90012-a.
A detailed study of the structure and ultrastructure of Sparganum proliferum was made possible for the first time thanks to the successful in vitro and in vivo maintenance of this rare parasite. Although S. proliferum exhibits many of the classical tegumental and parenchymal structures previously described for other larval cestodes, these are either arranged in a distinct fashion or, in some cases, may be completely different. Among the latter and of special interest are the single or multiple parenchymal cavities, surrounded by tegument, which in some instances appear to act as a primitive digestive tract.
由于成功地在体外和体内维持了这种罕见寄生虫的存活，首次得以对增殖裂头蚴的结构和超微结构进行详细研究。尽管增殖裂头蚴展现出许多先前在其他幼虫绦虫中描述过的典型皮层和实质结构，但这些结构要么以独特的方式排列，要么在某些情况下可能完全不同。在后者中且特别有趣的是单个或多个被皮层包围的实质腔，在某些情况下，这些腔似乎起着原始消化道的作用。
