A description of a pleurolophocercous cercaria of Procerovum sp from the Haplorchis group of heterophyid trematodes
Surin, J.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 24(4): 692-696
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 7939942 Document Number: 419234
Freshwater snails, Stenomelania denisoniensis (Brot) from Tinaroo Dam, North Queensland, Australia were found to be infected with a heterophyid cercaria identified as Procerovum sp. The tail of the cercaria has finfolds which are bilateral anteriorly and dorso-ventral posteriorly, features which separate it from other genera in the Haplorchis-group. This group is differentiated from the cercariae of all the other heterophyid genera by the presence of the penetration glands that extend to the posterior end of the body lateral to the excretory bladder. This paper presents a full description of the cercaria, together with comparisons with other known species of Procerovum.