title: Egg shell ultrastructure of the fish nematode Huffmanela huffmani (Trichosomoididae).
abstract: The egg shell of Huffmanela huffmani Moravec, 1987 forms three main layers: an outer vitelline layer, a middle chitinous layer, and an inner lipid layer. The vitelline layer, forming the superficial projections of the egg shell, comprises two parts: an outer electron-dense, and an inner electron-lucid part. The chitinous layer is differentiated into three parts: an outer homogenous electron-dense part, a lamellated part, and an inner electron-dense net-like part. The lipid layer comprises an outer net-like electron-lucid part, and an inner homogenous electron-lucid part. The polar plugs are formed by electron-lucid material with fine electron-dense fibrils.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budejovice.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zd'árská
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Huffman
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moravec
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nebesárová
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs / Q000469:parasitology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009348:Nematoda / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009349:Nematode Infections; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure