Morfohistología testicular de Ceratophrys ornata (Bell) (Amphibia, Anura, Ceratophryidae)

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Iheringia, Sér. Zool.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2013-06

RESUMO

This paper describes the morphohistological features of the testes of adult Ceratophrys ornata (Bell, 1843) (n = 5) from a wetland agroecosystem of central Argentina. The testes were processed by routine histological techniques, sectioned at 8 µm. The sheets obtained were stained with hematoxylin-eosin and Masson trichrome. The gonads are paired, yellowish, elongated contoured organs, 18.58 ± 0.23 mm long and 1.51 ± 0.13 mm wide. Histologically, there is a thin tunica albuginea (6.29 ± 0.83 µm) surrounding the testes. Inside them, there are seminiferous locules measuring 240.64 ± 38.52 µm in diameter, distinguished in cysts with spermatogenic cells at different stages of development. The interstitial tissue is scarce and the Leydig cells and blood vessels stand out. Spermatogonia I are the largest cells of the germinal series (20.03 ± 2.27 µm), have granular chromatin and multilobular aspect, commonly found in each cyst, and they originate spermatogonia II, which are smaller (12.06 ± 1.14 µm). Spermatocytes I have slightly condensed chromatin and are also slightly smaller than its predecessors (11.64 ± 0.36 µm). Spermatocytes II measure 8.85 ± 0.54 µm. Spermatids I are spherical, measuring 5.95 ± 0.42 µm and are grouped in rounded cysts. In contrast, the spermatids II are elongate and not within the cysts, but they are organized in packets associated with Sertoli cells. Sperms are free, elongated cells oriented towards the center of the loculus, flagellated, and with a remarkable nuclear compaction. The morphohistology of testes analyzed shows macroscopic and histologic features similar to those observed in other species of neotropical anuran amphibians, presenting all espermatogenic lineage cells in a single, indicating that they have continuous spermatogenic cycles.

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