V. Radev et al., BODY SPINES OF THE EYE FLUKES PHILOPHTHALMUS-HEGENERI PENNER ET FRIED, 1963 (TREMATODA, PHILOPHTHALMIDAE), Helminthologia, 35(2), 1998, pp. 83-85
Body spines of the adult worms of the eye flukes Philophthalmus hegene
ri were described from specimens obtained in experimental infections.
Light microscopy showed four models of body spines. The pattern was co
mpared to that of the type species of the genus Philophthalmus P. luci
petus.