14 research outputs found
Studies on Cercariae from Kuwait Bay. XI. Description and surface topography of Cercaria kuwaitae XI sp.n. (Digenea: Echinostomatidae)
Structure and origin of the eggshell ofQuinqueserialis quinqueserialis (Trematoda: Notocotylidae)
Ultrastructural studies of vitelline cells in Microdalyellia fairchildi (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela)
The development of the ventral papillae ofNotocotylus triserialis (Digenea: Notocotylidae)
The occurrence of the cysticercoids ofAcanthocirrus retrirostris (Krabbe 1869) Baer 1956 (Cyclophyllidea, Dilepididae) and the metacercariae ofMaritrema gratiosum Nicoll 1907 (Digenea, Microphallidae) in the barnacle,Balanus balanoides (L.), on the coast of Yorkshire, England
Redescription of Prosthenhystera obesa (Diesing, 1850) (Callodistomidae, Digenea) with New Host Records and Data on Morphological Variability
Prosthenhystera obesa (Diesing,1850) Travassos, 1922 from the gall bladder of Astyanax bimaculatus, Caranx gibbosus, Galeocharax humeralis, Leporinus copelandii, Pimelodus fur, Pseudopimelodus roosevelti, Salminus brevidens, Salminus maxillosus and from the new hosts, Cynopotamus amazonum and Triurobrycon lundii is redescribed, demonstrating a large morphological variation, mainly in body and testes size and shape. New hosts harbouring immature specimens of P. obesa are presented: Brycon sp., Leporellus vittatus, Pachyurus squamipinnis, Pimelodus clarias, Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and Salminus hilarii. Scanning electron microscopy micrographies, original figures and measurements of adult and immature specimens from different Brazilian hosts and localities are presente