Surface ultrastructure of excysted metacercariae of Haplorchis taichui (Trematoda: Heterophyidae)

• Main Authors: Sukontason KL., Sukontason K., Kuntalue B., Boonsriwong N., Piangjai S., Chaithong U., Vanittanakom P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3281
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The morphology of newly excysted juvenile Haplorchis taichui was studied using a light and a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The reproductive organs were well developed. The whole body surface was covered with numerous transverse rows of scale-like spines, which had 3-11 points at the tip. The s...