Polar capsule

Polar capsule

layer, both layers of which continue into the polar filament.

The mouth of the capsule is covered with a cap-like structure. This structure may function as a stopper, its digestion in the alimentary tract possibly triggering the discharge of the polar filaments.

Two ideas have been proposed to explain the eversion of the polar filaments. Firstly, that the hydrostatic pressure in the polar capsule pushes the filament out, rather like the cnidocyst of coelenterates. The second is that extrusion is an active process involving contractile proteins and is calcium-dependent (Uspenskaya, 1982).

References

* Uspenskaya, A.V. (1984). "Cytology of myxosporidia". Nauka, Leningrad. 122pp.


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