Neethling Lourelle Alicia Martins, Avenant-Oldewage Annemariè
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa.
Arthropod Struct Dev. 2018 May;47(3):279-285. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.03.004. Epub 2018 Apr 12.
The female reproductive system has been described for Dolops ranarum (Stuhlman, 1891) and various Argulus spp. but, there is no description of the reproductive system for Dipteropeltis spp. Calman, 1912 or Chonopeltis spp. Thiele, 1900. This paper describes the female reproductive system and egg laying behaviour of Chonopeltisaustralis Boxshall, 1976 using histology, light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and observations. The histological study of six specimens showed that the organ structure is similar to that of Argulus spp. and D. ranarum. The oocytes therefore develop in the gonocoel, are ovulated into the lumen of the ovary which is continuous with the functional oviduct and eventually the gonopore. Females of C. australis deposit eggs on the surrounding substrate while the fish is at rest, without leaving the host, thereby mitigating the risk of not locating a host again.
对于蛙鲺（Dolops ranarum，施图尔曼，1891年）和各种鲺属（Argulus spp.）的雌性生殖系统已有描述，但对于1912年卡尔曼描述的双鳍鲺属（Dipteropeltis spp.）或1900年蒂勒描述的梳鲺属（Chonopeltis spp.）的生殖系统尚无描述。本文利用组织学、光学显微镜、扫描电子显微镜及观察结果，描述了1976年博克斯霍尔描述的南方梳鲺（Chonopeltis australis）的雌性生殖系统及产卵行为。对六个标本的组织学研究表明，其器官结构与鲺属和蛙鲺的相似。因此，卵母细胞在生殖腔中发育，排卵进入与功能性输卵管及最终的生殖孔相连的卵巢腔。南方梳鲺的雌虫在鱼静止时将卵产在周围的基质上，且不离开宿主，从而降低了再次找不到宿主的风险。
