MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI (COSMOCERCIDAE RAILLIET, 1916) AND PHYSALOPTERA BAINAE (PHYSALOPTERIDAE, LEIPER 1908) IN CHALCIDES OCELLATUS FROM EGYPT: A LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY
Cosmocerca vrcibradici (Cosmocercidae) and Physaloptera bainae (Physalopteridae) are two intestinal nematodes obtained from a scincid lizard, Chalcides ocellatus (Scincidae). The study gave the first morphological description of C. vrcibradici and P. bainae using light and scanning electron microscopy. A cosmocercid nematode C. vrcibradici assigned to genus Cosmocera, possessing small mouth surrounded by three lips provided with four sub-median cephalic papillae and each one has a pair of lateral amphids. Male was 2.4-2.7 (2.6±0.1) mm long; maximum width 0.2-0.23 (0.21±0.01) can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the presence of lateral alae and small well sclerotized gubernaculum and ended conically with a tapered tail. Females measured 1.9–3.7 (2.8±0.1) mm in length & 0.24–0.42 (0.38±0.01) mm in width ended with a tapered tail. Besides, all recovered females were gravid filled with large number of embryonated eggs. Physaloptera bainae assigned to genus Physaloptera characterized by long robust body measured 3.21-5.47 (4.35±0.10) long and 0.58-0.65 (0.62±0.01) in maximum width, oral openings with two semicircular pseudolabia, cuticle dilatation at anterior extremity, reflected over base of lips, forming cephalic collar and ended posteriorly with tapered tail. Only recovered parasites were females with didelphic uterus the main characteristics feature among between species. These observations have allowed a more detailed description of both nematode taxonomy and classification.
Fol, M., & MOSTAFA, N. A. (2021). MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI (COSMOCERCIDAE RAILLIET, 1916) AND PHYSALOPTERA BAINAE (PHYSALOPTERIDAE, LEIPER 1908) IN CHALCIDES OCELLATUS FROM EGYPT: A LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51(3), 525-532. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210437
MLA
Mona Fathi Fol; NESMA A. MOSTAFA. "MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI (COSMOCERCIDAE RAILLIET, 1916) AND PHYSALOPTERA BAINAE (PHYSALOPTERIDAE, LEIPER 1908) IN CHALCIDES OCELLATUS FROM EGYPT: A LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51, 3, 2021, 525-532. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210437
HARVARD
Fol, M., MOSTAFA, N. A. (2021). 'MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI (COSMOCERCIDAE RAILLIET, 1916) AND PHYSALOPTERA BAINAE (PHYSALOPTERIDAE, LEIPER 1908) IN CHALCIDES OCELLATUS FROM EGYPT: A LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 51(3), pp. 525-532. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210437
VANCOUVER
Fol, M., MOSTAFA, N. A. MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI (COSMOCERCIDAE RAILLIET, 1916) AND PHYSALOPTERA BAINAE (PHYSALOPTERIDAE, LEIPER 1908) IN CHALCIDES OCELLATUS FROM EGYPT: A LIGHT AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2021; 51(3): 525-532. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2021.210437
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