Two new forms of cercariae are described from the fresh water snail Melanopsis tuberculata collected from Azraq Oasis and East Ghor Canal, Jordan during 1983 and 1985, respectively. Cercaria sp. I is a xiphidiocercaria belonging to the "Pusilla" sub-type. It has 3 pairs of penetration glands and a flame cell formula 2[(2+3+1+2)+(2)]= 20.Cercaria sp. II is an ocellate, apharyngeal brevifurcate cercaria. It has 5 pairs of penetration glands and a flame cell formula 2[(1+1+1)+(1+1)+(1)]= 12. Both cercariae develop in sporocysts

العنوان

Helminthologia, vol. 25, no2, pp. 139-145 (20 ref.)

الناشر

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بلد الناشر

فلسطين

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

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السنة

1988

الصفحات

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