<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the female surface morphological characteristics of the mouth opening (lips and such adjacent structures as amphids, papillae and chitinous ribbed flaps), caudal area (vulva, anus), and eggs with filaments on poles of the pharyngodonid species Cithariniella khalili Petter, Vassiliadès et Troncy, 1972, obtained from Synodontis frontosa Vaillant at Lake Turkana in north-western Kenya.</p></abstract>

Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the female surface morphological characteristics of the mouth opening (lips and such adjacent structures as amphids, papillae and chitinous ribbed flaps), caudal area (vulva, anus), and eggs with filaments on poles of the pharyngodonid species Cithariniella khalili Petter, Vassiliadès et Troncy, 1972, obtained from Synodontis frontosa Vaillant at Lake Turkana in north-western Kenya.

Structure of the cephalic end and eggs of female Cithariniella khalili Petter, Vassiliadès et Troncy, 1972 (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), a parasite of African fishes

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Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the female surface morphological characteristics of the mouth opening (lips and such adjacent structures as...

Structure of the cephalic end and eggs of female Cithariniella khalili Petter, Vassiliadès et Troncy, 1972 (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), a parasite of African fishes

Pubblicato online: 11 apr 2012

Pagine: 115 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0023-0

Parole chiave
Nematodes, Cithariniella, morphology, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Africa

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Structure of the cephalic end and eggs of female Cithariniella khalili Petter, Vassiliadès et Troncy, 1972 (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae), a parasite of African fishes

Pubblicato online: 11 apr 2012

Pagine: 115 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-012-0023-0

Parole chiaveNematodes, Cithariniella, morphology, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Africa

© 2012 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Nematodes, Cithariniella, morphology, Kenya, Lake Turkana, Africa