Cercarial chaetotaxy of Clonorchis sinensis.
10.3347/kjp.1988.26.2.113
- Author:
Duk Young MIN
1
;
Jae Jin KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-79, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
parasitology-helminth-trematoda;
Clonorchis sinensis;
cercaria
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
1988;26(2):113-116
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The pattern of sensory papillae, chaetotaxy, of the cercaria of Clonorchis sinensis was observed. The chaetotaxy was as follows; 5-6 Ci l, 4-5 Ci 2, 5-6 Ci 3 at lst row, 4 Cii 1, 2 Cii 2, 4 Cii 3, 5-6 Cii 4 at 2nd row, 3-4 Ciii 1, 2-3 Ciii 2 at 3rd row, and 2 Civ 1, 2-3 Civ 2, 2-3 Civ 3, at 4th row, in cephalic region; 2 AiV, l AiD, 2 AiiV, 1 AiiD, 2 AiiiV, 2 AiiiD, 1 AivV, 1 AivD, 1 PiiD, l PiiiD, in ventral(V) and dorsal(D) portions of body. Caudal region revealed 2-2-2-2 formula.
