Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on the Biology of the Turbellaria, held at Abo/Turku, Finland, 17–22 June 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Plathelminthes or Platyhelminthes?....Pages 1-2
Two peculiar new genera of Typhloplanoida from the Western Indian Ocean....Pages 3-9
Phylogenetic relationships within the Archiloa genus complex (Proseriata, Monocelididae)....Pages 11-14
An elaboration of the evolutionary morphological basis for the systematics of the Plathelminthes....Pages 15-19
The basic organization of the Plathelminthes....Pages 21-26
Aspects of the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes based on 18S ribosomal DNA and protonephridial ultrastructure....Pages 27-35
5S rRNA sequences of 12 species of flatworms: implications for the phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes....Pages 37-43
Brackish-water Plathelminthes from the Faroe Islands....Pages 45-47
Platyhelminths as paleogeographical indicators....Pages 49-53
Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Dugesia japonica and D. ryukyuensis in the Far East....Pages 55-61
Geographical distribution of Phagocata vivida in the Far East....Pages 63-70
Chromosomes of Temnocephala minor , an ectosymbiotic turbellarian on Australian crayfish found in Kagoshima Prefecture, with karyological notes on exotic turbellarians found in Japan....Pages 71-77
A review of chromosomal variation in Dugesia japonica and D. ryukyuensis in the Far East....Pages 79-84
Chromosome bands in freshwater triclads....Pages 85-90
Where Turbellaria? Concerning knowledge and ignorance of marine turbellarian ecology....Pages 91-99
 Stylochus tauricus ,a predator of the barnacle Balanus improvisus in the Black Sea....Pages 101-104
Predation behaviour of land planarians....Pages 105-111
The influence of body size on immediate reproductive success in Dugesia gonocephala (Tricladida, Paludicola)....Pages 113-117
Reproductive behaviour in Dugesia gonocephala (Tricladida, Paludicola)....Pages 119-119
The anatomy of Microplana termitophaga from Zimbabwe and Kenya: confirmation of the subfamily and genus....Pages 121-126
Comparison of the nervous system of the rhabdocoel Mesostoma ehrenbergii with that of the polyclad Notoplana acticola ....Pages 127-133
Glyoxylic acid induced fluorescence in the nervous system of Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae)....Pages 135-139
The importance of the fixation of colour, pattern and form in tropical Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida)*....Pages 141-143
Structure and maintenance of the epidermis in Friedmaniella sp. (Prolecithophora)....Pages 145-150
A scanning electron microscope study of Craspedella sp. from the branchial chamber of redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus , from Queensland, Australia....Pages 151-158
An electron microscope study of primary epidermis formation in freshwater planarian embryos....Pages 159-159
Ultrastructure of the epidermis of Meara stichopi (Platyhelminthes, Nemertodermatida) and associated extra-epidermal bacteria....Pages 161-165
Ultrastructure and differentiation of ciliated pits in Microstomum lineare (Turbellaria, Macrostomida)....Pages 167-167
Ultrastructure of the ciliary pits in the Geocentrophora group (Platyhelminthes, Lecithoepitheliata)....Pages 169-175
A new type of photoreceptor in Anthopharynx sacculipenis (Plathelminthes, Solenopharyngidae)....Pages 177-182
Ultrastructure of the nerve cells and sensilla of Geocentrophora baltica (Platyhelminthes, Lecithoepitheliata) and the surface sensilla in the Geocentrophora group....Pages 183-188
Structure and function of the reticular cell in the planarian Dugesia dorotocephala ....Pages 189-196
Fine structure of the astrocyte-like neuroglial cell in the planarian Dugesia dorotocephala ....Pages 197-197
Ultrastructural and cytochemical studies of the female gonad of Prorhynchus sp. (Platyhelminthes, Lecithoepitheliata)....Pages 199-206
The ultrastructure of the germarium in some Rhabdocoela....Pages 207-212
Ultrastructure of oncospheral envelopes in Hymenolepidids (Cestoda) with aquatic life cycles....Pages 213-216
What studies of turbellarian embryos can tell us about the evolution of developmental mechanisms....Pages 217-222
Cellular succession in the epithelium lining the pharyngeal cavity of planarians....Pages 223-224
Differentiation of the body wall musculature in Macrostomum and Hoploplana (Turbellaria, Platyhelminthes)....Pages 225-225
Autoradiographic studies of spermatogenesis in Dugesia bengalensis , Kawakatsu....Pages 227-227
Never ending growth and a growth factor. II. Immunocytochemical evidence for the presence of epidermal growth factor in a tapeworm....Pages 229-233
TCEN-49, a monoclonal antibody that identifies a central body antigen in the planarian Dugesia (Girardia) tigrina . Implications for pattern formation and positional signalling mechanisms....Pages 235-240
Localization of the antigen for the monoclonal antibody ➁ 9F11-B-E 4 and interspecific cross-reaction in the freshwater triclads....Pages 241-246
Regulation factor for planarian regeneration....Pages 247-253
Preparation of monoclonal antibodies against planarian organs and the effect of fixatives....Pages 255-257
Abnormality in the fissioning control of a strain of asexual Dugesia dorotocephala found near Fort Collins, Colorado....Pages 259-260
Regenerative and reproductive capacities of the fissiparous planarian Dugesia tahitiensis ....Pages 261-261
TCAV-1, a monoclonal antibody specific to epithelial pharyngeal cells in the planarian Dugesia (Girardia) tigrina . Application to pattern formation of the pharynx during regeneration....Pages 263-264
Restitution bodies from planarian cell suspensions: formation and survival in an isotonic culture medium....Pages 265-265
Separation of planarian neoblasts based on density gradient centrifugation....Pages 267-267
The freshwater planarian Dugesia (G.) tigrina contains a great diversity of homeobox genes....Pages 269-275
cDNA cloning and partial sequencing of homeobox genes in Dugesia japonica ....Pages 277-279
Sequence analysis and expression studies of a collagen cDNA in Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Cestoda)....Pages 281-281
Sequence analysis of an actin isoform in the flatworm Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Cestoda)....Pages 283-283
GABA in the nervous system of the planarian Polycelis nigra ....Pages 285-289
An immunocytochemical method for histamine: application to the planarians....Pages 291-295
Neuropeptide F: a ubiquitous invertebrate neuromediator?....Pages 297-303
The pattern of neuropeptide F and RF-amide in two tapeworms....Pages 305-306
Antigenicity to neuropeptide F (NPF) in Stenostomum leucops and Microstomum lineare ....Pages 307-308
Flatworm neuropeptides — present status, future directions....Pages 309-316