Fish Pathology
Online ISSN : 1881-7335
Print ISSN : 0388-788X
ISSN-L : 0388-788X
Two New Species of Marine Cercariae in Trochid Gastropods from Hachijo Island, Japan
Shigeru SHIMURAMasahiro KUDO
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1983 Volume 18 Issue 3 Pages 125-133

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Two species of marine cercariae were found in trochid gastropods from Hachijo Island, Japan and the specific names Cercaria hachijoensis and Cercaria rhipidocaudata are proposed. The former species was obtained from Trochus sacellus rota, Tectus pyramis and Omphalius nigerrimus and the latter from T. sacellus rota. C. hachijoensis is a cotylocercous cercaria with a single-pointed stylet, five pairs of penetration gland cells, long intestines reaching to the level of the posterior end of acetabulum, a flame cell formula of 2[(2+2)+(2+2)]=16 and develops in sporocysts. C. rhipidocaudata has a fan-shaped tail bearing three pairs of projections, a pair of single-pointed stylets, a flame cell formula of 2[(2+2)+(2+2)]=16 and develops in rediae.

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