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Jacqueline Amsellem and Claudia Ricci; Fine structure of the Female Genital Apparatus of Philodina (Rotifera, Bdelloidea). Zoomorphology 100:89-105, 1982
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The organization of the female genital apparatus of the bdelloid rotifer Philodina roseola was analyzed by light and electron microscopy. It differs from that of the monogononts in several respects: the gonad is paired; in each gonad, the follicular layer completely surrounds the syncytial vitellarium and the cluster of ovocytes; the cytoplasmic bridges between the vitellarium and the immature ovocytes exist but are much narrower; a specialized junction (5-8 nm intercellular space) is established between the follicular layer and the whole area of the germo-vitellarium complex. Preliminary observations about the movements of organelles during ovogenesis were made at an ultrastructural level.