Studies on Cercariae from Kuwait Bay. IV. Description and Surface Topography of Cercaria kuwaitae IV sp. n. (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) PDF

Keywords

cercaria, Arabian Gulf region, Kuwait

Abstract

A philophthalmid cercaria, Cercaria kuwaitae IV sp. n., is described from the prosobranch gastropod, Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin 1790) from Kuwait Bay. Details are presented on the morphology and behavior of the cercariae. Scanning electron microscopy was used to study the surface features of the cercariae and daughter rediae. This is the first record of a philophthalmid cercaria from the Arabian Gulf region.