Cortical fibrils and secondary deposits in periderm of the hemichordate Rhabdopleura [Graptolithoidea]

• Autorzy: Mierzejewski P , Kulicki C.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Coenecia of extant hemichordates Rhabdopleura compacta and Rh. normani were investigated using SEM techniques. Cortical fibrils were detected in their fusellar tissue for the first time. The densely packed cortical fibrils form a characteristic band−like construction in fusellar collars, similar to some Ordovician rhabdopleurids. No traces of external secondary deposits are found in coenecia. Two types of internal secondary deposits in tubes are recognized: (1) membranous deposits, composed of numerous, tightly packed sheets, similar to the crustoid paracortex and pseudocortex; and (2) fibrillar deposits, devoid(?) of sheets and made of cortical fibrils, arranged in parallel and interpreted as equivalent to graptolite endocortex. There is no significant difference in either the shape or the dimensions of cortical fibrils found in Rhabdopleura and graptolites. The cortical fabric of both rhabdopleuran species studied is composed of long, straight and more or less wavy, unbranched fibrils arranged in parallel; their diameters vary from 220 to 570 µm. The study shows that there is no significant difference between extinct and extant Graptolithoidea (= Pterobranchia) in the histological and ultrastructural pattern of their primary and secondary deposits of the periderm. The nonfusellar periderm of the prosicula is pitted by many depressions similar to pits in the cortical tissue of graptolites.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Hemichordata; fibril; hemichordate; Graptolithoidea; Rhabdopleura; periderm; deposit; Pterobranchia; ultrastructure; paleontology

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.99-111,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Mierzejewski P

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51-55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Kulicki C.

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