TY - JOUR
T1 - Cercaria meretrix n. sp., from the hard clam Meretrix meretrix
AU - Shin, Jyh Wei
AU - Wen, Chiou Ming
AU - Kou, Guang Hsiung
AU - Chen, Shiu Nan
PY - 1996/12/1
Y1 - 1996/12/1
N2 - Cercaria meretrix n. sp., from the hard clam Meretrix meretrix. Zoological Studies 35(1): 68-70. A new marine cercaria, Cercaria meretrix n. sp., was found in the hard clam Meretrix meretrix from a local fishing market in Wuhsi, Taichung County, Taiwan. Sporocysts were found in the foot, mantle, gonad, and digestive gland, and they elicited heavy inflammatory responses in the host. This new species is a distome, pharyngeate cercaria with a long slender, spinose tail, no eye-spot, three pairs of penetration glands, an omega-shaped ceca, and 16 flame cells. Cercariae matured in the sporocyst. Sporocysts, when found in infected hard clams, were filled with germinal balls, and developing, immature, and mature cercariae.
AB - Cercaria meretrix n. sp., from the hard clam Meretrix meretrix. Zoological Studies 35(1): 68-70. A new marine cercaria, Cercaria meretrix n. sp., was found in the hard clam Meretrix meretrix from a local fishing market in Wuhsi, Taichung County, Taiwan. Sporocysts were found in the foot, mantle, gonad, and digestive gland, and they elicited heavy inflammatory responses in the host. This new species is a distome, pharyngeate cercaria with a long slender, spinose tail, no eye-spot, three pairs of penetration glands, an omega-shaped ceca, and 16 flame cells. Cercariae matured in the sporocyst. Sporocysts, when found in infected hard clams, were filled with germinal balls, and developing, immature, and mature cercariae.
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SN - 1021-5506
VL - 35
SP - 68
EP - 70
JO - Zoological Studies
JF - Zoological Studies
IS - 1
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