Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
2-1970
Abstract
Spinitectus beaveri sp. n. from the stomach of Albula vulpes is described. In the male, the maximum length is 6 mm, the esophagus is approximately 30% of the body length, the spicule ratio is 1:2.5 to 3.0, and there are 4 pre- and 5 postcloacal papillae. In the female, the maximum length is 7 mm, the esophagus is approximately 27% of the body length, and approximately 38% of the body length is posterior to the vulva. The species most closely resembles S. carolini Holl, 1928, from which it differs by having 10 to 16 rather than 25 to 35 cuticular spines per transverse row and a complex rather than a plain distal portion of the left spicule.
Comments
Published in the Journal of Parasitology (February 1970) 56(1): 128-130. Copyright 1970, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.