Laurer's canal explained

Laurer's canal is a part of the reproductive system of trematodes, analogous to the vagina.[1] Trematodes are a class of worm-like parasites divided into two subclasses, Aspidogastrea and Digenea.[2] In Digeneans, Laurer's canal opens from the dorsal surface of the body. In some Aspidogastreans, the canal ends in a blind ended sac.[3] Laurer's canal may be used by the flukes during copulation, but more normally sperm enters the female system via the common genital atrium, (into which the uterus opens), either during copulation, or self-fertilisation.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peoples . Robert C. . Fried . Bernard . Toledo . Rafael . Fried . Bernard . Digenetic Trematodes . 2014 . Springer . 978-1-4939-0915-5 . 14 . https://books.google.com/books?id=PPW_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 . Form and function in the Digenea .
  2. Book: Littlewood . D. Timothy J. . Telford . Maximillian J. . Bray . Rodney A. . Cracraft . Joel . Donoghue . Michael J. . Assembling the Tree of Life . 2004 . Oxford University Press . 9780199729609 . 220 . https://books.google.com/books?id=6lXTP0YU6_kC&pg=PA220 . Protostomes and platyhelmintes: The worm's turn.
  3. Book: Rohde . K. . Gibson . David Ian . Jones . Arlene . Bray . Rodney Alan . Keys to the Trematoda . 2002 . CABI Publishing . 9780851995472 . 6 . https://books.google.com/books?id=zv6kcB30vMIC&pg=PA6 . Subclass Aspidogastrea Faust & Tang, 1936.

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