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Attachment of the epimastigotes ofTrypanosoma cobitis (Mitrophanow, 1883) to the crop wall of the leech vectorHemiclepsis marginata

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The method of attachment of the trypanosomeTrypanosoma cobitis to the crop wall of the leechHemiclepsis marginata is described. The tips of the flagella are modified to form large swollen intra-flagellar areas which interdigitate with the microvilli of the crop wall. Unlike most of the trypanosomatids previously examined, no hemidesmosome formation takes place in the region of the attachment.

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Lewis, J.W., Ball, S.J. Attachment of the epimastigotes ofTrypanosoma cobitis (Mitrophanow, 1883) to the crop wall of the leech vectorHemiclepsis marginata . Z. Parasitenkd. 60, 29–36 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00928969

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