Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Platyhelminthes
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32 NOAA Technical Report NMFS 121<br />
30(27) Haptor with 0, 1, or 2 transverse bars; posterior <strong>of</strong> body lacking spines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32<br />
31(30) Haptor with dorsal <strong>and</strong> ventral squamodisks composed <strong>of</strong> scalelike spines; rows <strong>of</strong> accessory<br />
hooklike spines on posterior <strong>of</strong> body absent. Parasitic on spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus.<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Diplectanum bilobatum (Fig. 36)<br />
31(30) Haptor lacking squamodisks; bilateral patches or rows <strong>of</strong> accessory hooklike spines present on<br />
posterior body. Parasitic on sciaenids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Rhamnocercus spp. (Fig. 37)<br />
B<br />
Figure 36<br />
Diplectanum miobatum: (A) ventral view. Scale: 0.2 mm; (B) ventral<br />
squamodisk. Scale: 0.05 mm. Drawn from USNM 39364.<br />
Figure 37<br />
Rhamnocercus bairdiella: ventral view.<br />
Scale: 0.2 mm. Drawn from USNM<br />
49345.
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