Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
2-1991
Abstract
Heliconema brooksi n. sp. is described from the shrimp eel, Ophichthus gomesi, in Mississippi Sound. This species is distinguished from other members of the genus by possessing in the male 40 or more tessellated longitudinal ridges, a spicule ratio averaging 1:10.6, 4 precloacal papillae, and 6 postcloacal papillae. Females have a protruding vulvular flap. Both sexes have a prominent sclerotized cardium. Heliconema brooksi is morphologically most closely related to Heliconema heliconema. A juvenile worm from the white shrimp, Penaeus setiferus, in the same locality may be the infective stage.
Comments
Published in the Journal of Parasitology (February 1991) 77(1): 42-50. Copyright 1991, the American Society of Parasitologists. Used by permission.