Fine structure of the investing layer on the gymnoblastic hydroid Syncoryne tenella (farquhar, 1895)
✍ Scribed by J. S. Wineera
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 934 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0362-2525
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The hydranth of the gymnoblastic hydroid Syncoryne tenella is invested by a cuticle approximately 530 mμ thick which is continuous with the periderm of the hydrocaulus. The ectodermal cells of the hydranth possess regularly spaced microvilli orientated with their long axis perpendicular to the ectodermal surface. The microvilli project into the cuticle, and probably serve to anchor the cuticle to the ectoderm. In the hydrocaulus the periderm is loosely applied to the ectoderm: in this region microvilli are absent from ectodermal cells. The periderm is a layered structure composed of finely filamentous material. No structural basis is found for the previously reported differential staining of peridermal layers in the hydrocaulus.