Parasites of mullets from two different waters
Parasites of mullets from two different waters
Parasites of mullets from two different waters
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RESULTS<br />
6-Haplosplanchuns pachysomus (Eysenhardt,1829) Looss,1902<br />
( Fig. 6)<br />
Host: Mugil cephalus<br />
Location: Intestine<br />
Locality: Lake Qarun,Fayoum,Egypt<br />
Description:<br />
The worms are orange in color when fresh. They are fleshy parasites, fairly large.<br />
The oral sucker is triangular, muscular and subterminal .The ventral sucker is long,<br />
club – shaped, may be retracted into body parenchyma or projects prominently. The<br />
prepharynx is very short. The pharynx is well developed. The esophagus cannot be<br />
distinguished <strong>from</strong> the intestinal caecum which is a simple straight structure<br />
extending nearly to the middle <strong>of</strong> the body.<br />
The testis is single, globular in shape.<br />
The genital atrium is tubular .The genital pore lies between the oral and ventral<br />
sucker, and opens on a prominent papilla found between the <strong>two</strong> suckers. The ovary<br />
is spherical in shape and lies anterior to the testis. The vitelline follicles lies laterally<br />
near the ovary. The uterus is full <strong>of</strong> large and elongate eggs, which containing<br />
developing miracidia. The excretory vesicle is present and ends by a terminal<br />
execratory pore.
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