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Male nematodes may have one or two spicules which serve to open the vulva of females and facilitate the transmission of sperm, although sperm is not transferred directly by or through the spicules. [2] [3] The gubernaculum is another organ of the nematode male copulatory system which guides the spicules during copulation.
English: Anatomical drawing of a male C. elegans nematode with emphasis on the reproductive system. Note that the actual worm is colorless and transparent. Also note that the raw SVG version of the image will not render correctly in Firefox 23.0.1 or earlier (possibly later as well) due to known Mozilla program bug #376027 but should do so in any other browser.
Extremity of a male nematode showing the spicule, used for copulation, bar=100 μm [48] Most nematode species are dioecious, with separate male and female individuals, though some, such as Caenorhabditis elegans, are androdioecious, consisting of hermaphrodites and rare males. Both sexes possess one or two tubular gonads. In males, the sperm ...
Mesorhabditis is a genus of nematodes. Species in the genus Mesorhabditis exhibit an unusual form of parthenogenesis, in which sperm-producing males copulate with females, but the sperm do not fuse with the ovum. Contact with the sperm is essential for the ovum to begin dividing, but because there is no fusion of the cells, the male contributes ...
The main male sex organs are the penis and the scrotum, which contains the testicles that produce semen and sperm, which, as part of sexual intercourse, fertilize an ovum in the female's body; the fertilized ovum develops into a fetus, which is later born as an infant. The corresponding system in females is the female reproductive system.
The spermatheca (pronounced / s p ər m ə ˈ θ iː k ə / pl.: spermathecae / s p ər m ə ˈ θ iː s iː /), also called receptaculum seminis (pl.: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, [1] some molluscs, Oligochaeta worms and certain other invertebrates and vertebrates. [2]
The nematode moves out of its developmentally arrested third, nonfeeding stage, triggered by either bacterial or insect food signals. The nematodes feed on the bacteria and moult to the fourth stage, reaching adulthood within a few days. with separate male and female individuals. [6] Nematode development continues for two to three generations.
The reproductive system includes one or more testes, cirri, vas deferens, and seminal vesicles as male organs, and a single lobed or unlobed ovary with the connecting oviduct and uterus as female organs. The common external opening for both male and female reproductive systems is known as the genital pore, which is situated at the surface ...