Description
Notila is a genus very close to Saccinobaculus; i t has 4 flagella adhering to the cell body in their proximal portion and a ribbon-like contractile axostyle (Fig. 78) . It differs from the latter by its axostyle, which is not protruding and has no terminal sheath and contains many granules. The only species lives freely in the gut of Cryptocercus punctulatus and reproduces by asexual mitosis between the molts of the host. Sexual processes including the sequence--gametogenesis, first fertilization, meiosis, second fertilization-is correlated with the host molting (Cleveland , 1950b). No EM study. \ -fl A I 8 (after Cleveland, 1966). A. lnterphasic cell. B. Gametocyst with several nuclei undergoing fusion . Bar=10 !Jm .
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Notila is a genus very close to Saccinobaculus; i t has 4 flagella adhering to the cell body in their proximal portion and a ribbon-like contractile axostyle (Fig. 78) . It differs from the latter by its axostyle, which is not protruding and has no terminal sheath and contains many granules. The only species lives freely in the gut of Cryptocercus punctulatus and reproduces by asexual mitosis between the molts of the host. Sexual processes including the sequence--gametogenesis, first fertilization, meiosis, second fertilization-is correlated with the host molting (Cleveland , 1950b). No EM study. \ -fl A I 8 (after Cleveland, 1966). A. lnterphasic cell. B. Gametocyst with several nuclei undergoing fusion . Bar=10 !Jm .