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On the Structure of the spiracle of the tick, Ornithodoros moubata Murray

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

T. O. Browning
T. O. Browning
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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The most conspicuous feature of the spiracle of Ornithodoros moubata is the so-called cribriform plate. This is a massive crescent-shaped vesicle consisting of three layers; the underlying sclerotized endocuticle, a series of branching pillars or pedicels arising from this basal layer and a very thin outer membrane, supported on the distal ends of the pillars and enclosing the whole structure (Fig. 1 A). The cavity lying between the basal cuticle and the outer membrane and ramifying between the pillars is continuous with the atrium of the spiracle.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 44 , Issue 3-4 , November 1954 , pp. 310 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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