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Parasites of mullets from two different waters

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10- Lecithocladium excisum (Rud , 1819) Luhe , 1901(Fig. 10 )<br />

(S .bar 0.3 mm)<br />

10<br />

Host : Mugil cephalus<br />

Location : intestine<br />

Locality : Missurata , Libya<br />

Description:<br />

The entire worm elongate with tail<br />

like structure. The oral sucker is<br />

funel-shaped. Pharynx is well<br />

developed. The esophagus is<br />

short . The intestinal caeca is<br />

tubular in shape .<br />

The testes are small , located at the<br />

middle <strong>of</strong> the body .The ovary is<br />

nearly spherical, larger than testes<br />

and posterior to testes. The<br />

vitelline glands tubular and<br />

consists <strong>of</strong> 7 covoluted posterior to<br />

ovary. The excretory vesicle is<br />

elongate, tubular in shaped and<br />

opens at the posterior end with a<br />

terminal excretory pore. The eggs<br />

are small.

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