Resumo
In this paper the authors give an anatomical and histological analysis of the genital duct in mature and immature females of Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822). Anatomically, the vagina has an equal dimension in its extension, varying in form and volume, according to the maturation period. In the immaturity, it has a smaller diameter and volume. In the maturity, the vagina increases in volume, having the aspect of a tumescent organ, and in certain specimens shows an albuminous pink thread in its lumen. Histologically, the calcigenic activity of the gland is evidentiated by the presence of an amorphous and basophilic mass, without nuclear material. This material has a fragmented aspect in the vagina lumen that reacts positively in van Kossa's coloured preparations for calcareous salts.
Anatomia e histologia do conduto genital feminino de Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pilidae)
Eliana de Fátima Marques de MesquitaI; Arnaldo Campos dos Santos CoelhoII; Jefferson Andrade dos SantosIII
IDepartamento de Zootecnia, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Parte da Dissertação de Mestrado em Zoologia de E.F.M. Mesquisa, aprovada pelo CPG Zoologia do Museu Nacional, UFRJ em 13.VII.1982
IIMalacologia, Departamento de Invertebrados, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro
IIILaboratório de Anatomia Patológica, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Fluminense
ABSTRACT
In this paper the authors give an anatomical and histological analysis of the genital duct in mature and immature females of Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822). Anatomically, the vagina has an equal dimension in its extension, varying in form and volume, according to the maturation period. In the immaturity, it has a smaller diameter and volume. In the maturity, the vagina increases in volume, having the aspect of a tumescent organ, and in certain specimens shows an albuminous pink thread in its lumen. Histologically, the calcigenic activity of the gland is evidentiated by the presence of an amorphous and basophilic mass, without nuclear material. This material has a fragmented aspect in the vagina lumen that reacts positively in van Kossa's coloured preparations for calcareous salts.
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AGRADECIMENTOS
Ao Dr. Hugo de Souza Lopes da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. Ao Professor Eulógio Carlos Queiroz Carvalho (FV-UFF), pelo trabalho fotográfico realizado sobre as lâminas histológicas. Ao Professor Francisco Carlos de Lima (FV-UFF), pelo auxílio na realização das atividades histológicas. A Luís Antônio Alves Costa do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, pela elaboração dos desenhos das partes moles. Aos colegas e amigos que nos auxiliaram nas capturas dos animais: Norma Campos Salgado, Hélcio Magalhães Barros e Marcus Vinícius Menezes Ferreira.
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Data do Fascículo
1990