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The gametogenic cycle and life history of Nicolea uspiana (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) on the south-east coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2014

André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni ,
Leonardo Querobim Yokoyama  and
Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Leonardo Querobim Yokoyama
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A.R.S. Garraffoni, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (Present address: Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Campus II, Rodovia BR-367, 39100-000 Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil) email: garraffoni@gmail.com
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Abstract

The gametogenic cycle and life history of Nicolea uspiana (Nogueira, 2003) (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) was studied by taking monthly samples over a 13 month period. Each month, 10 females were sorted; 50 oocytes were removed from the coelom of each specimen, and the maximum diameter was determined. Additionally, 10 males were sorted and 100 gametes were randomly selected from each specimen to evaluate their shape and maturation stage. This species is gonochoric and exhibits slight external sexual dimorphism (in the shape of the nephridial papillae). The sex-ratio of N. uspiana was 2.4 male for each female. The initial gametic stages of both sexes are produced in special structures called nephromixia. Oogenesis is extra-ovarian, and the germ cells are clumped and surrounded by follicle cells. These cells are ovulated into the coelomic fluid, and yolk synthesis occurs in this cavity. The maximum diameter of oocytes measured, 225 µm, showed that these eggs fall into the size-range for lecithotrophy. Furthermore, N. uspiana is an iteroparous species, as the mature individuals can breed several times during their lifetime. Male gonads release germ cells early in development, and sperm maturation also occurs in the coelomic fluid. The male gametes consist of flattened plaques of germ cells attached on their anterior part by a cytophore assuming a rosette-like appearance. Following maturation of the male cells, the spermatids produce arrays of stiffly vibratile tails, assuming a morula shape. The reproductive patterns and life history of the terebellids are also discussed.

Keywords

Terebellomorphagamete developmentoogenesisspermiogenesis
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 5 , August 2014 , pp. 925 - 933
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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