STUDIES ON CERCARIAE FROM KUWAIT BAY - IX - DESCRIPTION AND SURFACE-TOPOGRAPHY OF CERCARIA-KUWAITAE IX SP N (DIGENEA, ZOOGONIDAE)

Authors
ABDULSALAM J SREELATHA BS
Citation
J. Abdulsalam et Bs. Sreelatha, STUDIES ON CERCARIAE FROM KUWAIT BAY - IX - DESCRIPTION AND SURFACE-TOPOGRAPHY OF CERCARIA-KUWAITAE IX SP N (DIGENEA, ZOOGONIDAE), Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 65(2), 1998, pp. 141-146
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
141 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1998)65:2<141:SOCFKB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new zoogonid cercaria, Cercaria kuwaitae IX sp. n., from the prosobr anch gastropod Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus) from Kuwait Bay is descr ibed. Surface topography of the sporocyst and the cercaria is studied by scanning electron microscopy. The new cercaria is compared with the previously described zoogonid cercariae. This is the first zoogonid c ercaria to be recorded from a gastropod from the Arabian Gulf region a nd the second to be reported from an archaeogastropod host.