Contribution to the morphological description of the marine leech Ozobranchus margoi by using combined histology, micro-CT and SEM
Morphology methodology published in Zootaxa (2017)
Abstract
The ozobranchid leech, Ozobranchus margoi (Apáthy, 1890), parasite of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnæus), was described through a multilevel approach including three different techniques: scanning electronic microscopy, histology and micro-CT. New insights are provided concerning the structure of the sensilla on the body, the eyes with emphasis on the structure of photoreceptors, the digestive system and the reproductive organs.
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Summary
Multilevel morphological characterization of marine leech Ozobranchus margoi combining SEM, histology, and micro-CT — methodology applicable to leech-anatomy reference.
Why This Matters for Hirudotherapy
This study applied a multilevel approach—scanning electron microscopy, histology, and micro-CT—to describe the morphology of the marine leech Ozobranchus margoi, a parasite of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta). It reports new details on body sensilla, photoreceptor structure, the digestive system, and reproductive organs. This is a purely anatomical/taxonomic description of a turtle parasite and provides no information relevant to medicinal hirudotherapy, the therapeutic leech secretome, or ASH's research domain.
Citation
Contribution to the morphological description of the marine leech Ozobranchus margoi by using combined histology, micro-CT and SEM.
Cascarano MC et al. · Zootaxa, 2017
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